{"product_id":"the-moral-problem-paperback-softback-9780631192466","title":"The Moral Problem (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631192466","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Moral Problem\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631192466, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Moral Problem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e's\u003c\/i\u003e ability to combine originality and subject overview are two factors that render this book an essential text for anyone enrolled on an intermediate level moral philosophy course and above. With a certain level of guidance, the book's powerful clarity and explanatory style could also be harnessed at the introductory level. Overall, I strong recommend this text and believe the non-philosopher would also learn a great deal about how moral philosophy works.”  (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Economics Books Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \"Vigorous, engaging, and marvelously sophisticated, Michael Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Problem\u003c\/i\u003e faces head-on the challenge of reconciling morality's motivational relevance with its claims to objectivity and categorical force - without abandoning a Humean account of human action and without metaphysical extravagance.\" \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinarily clear and well organised. Reading this book takes you right into the centre of the intense contemporary debate on moral theory. Smith knows exactly what he is doing, and slowly puts together a redoubtable argument for the broadly realist position he favours.\" \u003ci\u003eJonathan Dancy, University of Reading\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An intelligent, clear, and engaging book\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding and ambitious work, it serves at once as a lucid introduction to metaethics and a wide-ranging inquiry into some of its hardest problems.\" \u003ci\u003eBrad Hooker, University of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A marvelous volume: it is not only an important contribution to philosophical ethics, but also an exciting introduction to the subject. The book is an excellent model of how to do philosophy, a model I hope students (and their teachers) will adopt for themselves.\" \u003ci\u003eGilbert Harman, Princeton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis widely anticipated volume offers a systematic introduction to and striking analysis of the central issues animating current debate in moral philosophy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. What is the Moral Problem?. \u003cp\u003e2. The Expressivist Challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Externalist Challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Humean Theory of Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. An Anti-Humean Theory of Normative Reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. How to Solve the Moral Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458370760984,"sku":"9780631192466","price":27.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631192466.jpg?v=1785371773","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-moral-problem-paperback-softback-9780631192466","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}