Nicholas L Sturgeon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1063533 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas L Sturgeon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas L |
| FAMILY NAME | Sturgeon |
| SIGNATURE | STURGEON N L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethical Naturalism
Moore on Ethical Naturalism
The Moral Problem
Thomson against Moral Explanations
One prominent feature of this debate between Harman and Thomson may surprise readers who have followed recent discussions of moral knowledge.' Harman is well-known for having argued that supposed moral facts never seem relevant to the explanation of nonmoral facts.2 He does not repeat that argument here, however; when he mentions moral explanations, he concedes that many appear perfectly reasonable, insisting only that they are of little help in …
Moral Disagreement and Moral Relativism
In any society influenced by a plurality of cultures, there will be widespread, systematic differences about at least some important values, including moral values. Many of these differences look like deep disagreements, difficult to resolve objectively if that is possible at all. One common response to the suspicion that these disagreements are unsettleable has always been moral relativism. In the flurry of sympathetic treatments of this doctrin…
Nonmoral Explanations
Just causes
What Difference Does It Make Whether Moral Realism Is True?
Harman on Moral Explanations of Natural Facts
Brandt's Moral Empiricism
Hume's Moral Epistemology
Nature and Conscience in Butler's Ethics
Altruism, Solipsism, and the Objectivity of Reasons
Altruism, Solipsism, and the Objectivity of Reasons
Nature and Conscience in Butler's Ethics
Hume's Moral Epistemology
Brandt's Moral Empiricism
What Difference Does It Make Whether Moral Realism Is True?
Harman on Moral Explanations of Natural Facts
Just causes
Nonmoral Explanations
Moral Disagreement and Moral Relativism
In any society influenced by a plurality of cultures, there will be widespread, systematic differences about at least some important values, including moral values. Many of these differences look like deep disagreements, difficult to resolve objectively if that is possible at all. One common response to the suspicion that these disagreements are unsettleable has always been moral relativism. In the flurry of sympathetic treatments of this doctrin…
Thomson against Moral Explanations
One prominent feature of this debate between Harman and Thomson may surprise readers who have followed recent discussions of moral knowledge.' Harman is well-known for having argued that supposed moral facts never seem relevant to the explanation of nonmoral facts.2 He does not repeat that argument here, however; when he mentions moral explanations, he concedes that many appear perfectly reasonable, insisting only that they are of little help in …
The Moral Problem
Moore on Ethical Naturalism
Ethical Naturalism
Epistemology (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Contemporary philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (5 works) · General interest (5 works) · Analytic philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works)