Lexington Books
Pages: 222
Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-7936-0539-9 • Hardback • July 2020 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-7936-0540-5 • eBook • July 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Mitchell Silver teaches at the I Can Academy of the Suffolk County Jail after retiring from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
Preface
Introduction: Ideal vs. Non-ideal Moral Theory
Chapter One: The Quest for Justification
Chapter Two: Objectivity and Truth
Chapter Three: Others
Chapter Four: Meaning, Morality, and Social Agreement
Chapter Five: Morality’s Motivational Power
Chapter Six: No Double Standards
Chapter Seven: Our Morality
Chapter Eight: Political Implications
Appendix: Weighing Value
Works Cited
“Mitchell Silver’s new book argues that any account of moral objectivity must incorporate a pragmatic conception of moral justification. The argument is original, interesting, and perhaps even true. Best of all, Silver argues for his position with wit and verve. It was a pleasure to read this book.”
— Steven Levine, University of Massachusetts