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The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty - A Study of Thick Concepts in Ethics (Hardcover)
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The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty - A Study of Thick Concepts in Ethics (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Moral Theory
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In addition to thin concepts like the good, the bad and the ugly,
our evaluative thought and talk appeals to thick concepts like the
lewd and the rude, the selfish and the cruel, the courageous and
the kind - concepts that somehow combine evaluation and
non-evaluative description. Thick concepts are almost universally
assumed to be inherently evaluative in content, and many
philosophers claimed them to have deep and distinctive significance
in ethics and metaethics. In this first book-length treatment of
thick concepts, Pekka Vayrynen argues that all this is mistaken.
Through detailed attention to the language of thick concepts, he
defends a novel theory on which the relationship between thick
words and evaluation is best explained by general conversational
and pragmatic norms. Drawing on general principles in philosophy of
language, he argues that many prominent features of thick words and
concepts can be explained by general factors that have nothing in
particular to do with being evaluative. If evaluation is not
essential to the sort of thinking we do with thick concepts, claims
for the deep and distinctive significance of the thick are
undermined. The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty is a fresh and
innovative treatment of an important topic in moral philosophy and
sets a new agenda for future work. It will be essential reading to
anyone interested in the analysis and the broader philosophical
significance of evaluative and normative language. "Vayrynen
presents an extremely well researched, highly innovative, and yet
very careful and highly polished treatment of an extremely hot area
in philosophy. The book is tightly argued but engagingly written. I
would hold it up as a model philosophy monograph. There is no doubt
in my mind whatsoever that this book will be widely influential and
admired. Indeed, it could easily become a classic." - Brad Hooker,
University of Reading "For the past few decades thick concepts have
received much attention in metaethical discussions, but Vayrynen's
book is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject. Vayrynen
skillfully uses tools from philosophy of language in order to
sharpen and advance the discussion of thick concepts. The book will
be essential reading not only to anyone interested in the specific
topic of thick concepts but also to anyone who is concerned with
the analysis of normative language generally. It is a very good
paradigm of linguistically informed metaethics." - Matti Eklund,
Cornell University
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