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Originally designed for the author's introductory college-course in
Ethics, Moral Moments provides an accessible, yet philosophical,
study of Ethics. The book's thirty-three short essays focus on the
following themes: ethics is not subjective, ethics is relevant to
business and everyday life, and 'What is ethics?'. The unique
format includes some previously published newspaper op-ed columns
that cover everything from everyday life to headline news. The
culmination of these essays is a work that argues, against the
social scientific spirit of the age, that ethics has a distinct
role to play in contemporary decision making. Students and the
general public will find Moral Moments' personal and conversational
tone refreshing, while teachers will find helpful the many
classroom episodes depicted, as well as the accompanying website
www.moralmoments.com.
Reason and Ethics defends the theoretical claim that all values are
subjective and the practical claim that human affairs can be
conducted fruitfully in full awareness of this. Joel Marks goes
beyond his previous work defending moral skepticism to question the
existence of all objective values. This leads him to suggest a
novel answer to the Companions in Guilt argument that the denial of
morality would mean relinquishing rationality as well. Marks
disarms the argument by conceding the irreality of both morality
and logic, but is still able to rescue rationality while dispensing
with morality on pragmatic grounds. He then offers a positive
account of how life may be lived productively without recourse to
attributions and assertions of right and wrong, good and bad, and
even truth and falsity. Written in an accessible and engaging
style, Reason and Ethics will be of interest to scholars and
students working in metaethics as well as to the generally
intellectually curious.
Reason and Ethics defends the theoretical claim that all values are
subjective and the practical claim that human affairs can be
conducted fruitfully in full awareness of this. Joel Marks goes
beyond his previous work defending moral skepticism to question the
existence of all objective values. This leads him to suggest a
novel answer to the Companions in Guilt argument that the denial of
morality would mean relinquishing rationality as well. Marks
disarms the argument by conceding the irreality of both morality
and logic, but is still able to rescue rationality while dispensing
with morality on pragmatic grounds. He then offers a positive
account of how life may be lived productively without recourse to
attributions and assertions of right and wrong, good and bad, and
even truth and falsity. Written in an accessible and engaging
style, Reason and Ethics will be of interest to scholars and
students working in metaethics as well as to the generally
intellectually curious.
In this volume, Marks offers a defense of amorality as both
philosophically justified and practicably livable. In so doing, the
book marks a radical departure from both the new atheism and the
mainstream of modern ethical philosophy. While in synch with their
underlying aim of grounding human existence in a naturalistic
metaphysics, the book takes both to task for maintaining a
complacent embrace of morality. Marks advocates wiping the slate
clean of outdated connotations by replacing the language of
morality with a language of desire. The book begins with an
analysis of what morality is and then argues that the concept is
not instantiated in reality. Following this, the question of belief
in morality is addressed: How would human life be affected if we
accepted that morality does not exist? Marks argues that at the
very least, a moralist would have little to complain about in an
amoral world, and at best we might hope for a world that was more
to our liking overall. An extended look at the human encounter with
nonhuman animals serves as an illustration of amorality's potential
to make both theoretical and practical headway in resolving
heretofore intractable ethical problems.
In this volume, Marks offers a defense of amorality as both
philosophically justified and practicably livable. In so doing, the
book marks a radical departure from both the new atheism and the
mainstream of modern ethical philosophy. While in synch with their
underlying aim of grounding human existence in a naturalistic
metaphysics, the book takes both to task for maintaining a
complacent embrace of morality. Marks advocates wiping the slate
clean of outdated connotations by replacing the language of
morality with a language of desire. The book begins with an
analysis of what morality is and then argues that the concept is
not instantiated in reality. Following this, the question of belief
in morality is addressed: How would human life be affected if we
accepted that morality does not exist? Marks argues that at the
very least, a moralist would have little to complain about in an
amoral world, and at best we might hope for a world that was more
to our liking overall. An extended look at the human encounter with
nonhuman animals serves as an illustration of amorality's potential
to make both theoretical and practical headway in resolving
heretofore intractable ethical problems.
Ought Implies Kant offers an original defense of the ethical theory
of Immanuel Kant, and develops an extension of that theory's
account of moral duty to include direct duties to nonhuman animals.
The discussion centers on a critical examination of
consequentialism, the view that the rightness or wrongness of an
action is determined solely by its consequences. Kantianism, by
contrast, claims that the core of ethics is to treat all
persons-or, in Joel Marks's view, all living beings-as
ends-in-themselves. The consequentialist criterion would seem to
permit, indeed require, violating the dignity of persons (not to
mention the dignity of other animals) if this would result in a
better outcome. This volume treats the consequentialist challenge
to Kantian ethics in several novel ways. To begin with, the
utilitarian version of consequentialism is delineated and defended
by means of a conceptual device dubbed by the author as the
Consequentialist Continuum. Marks then provides an exhaustive and
definitive exposition of the relatively neglected Epistemic
Objection to utilitarianism. While acknowledging the intuitive
appeal of utilitarianism's core conviction-that we should always do
what is for the best-Marks argues that this is an impossible
injunction to fulfill, or even to attempt to fulfill, because all
of the relevant results of our actions can never be known.
Kantianism is then introduced as a viable alternative account of
our ethical obligations. Marks argues that Kantianism is well
within the scope of normal human competence and conforms equally
well to our ethical intuitions once the theory's proper
interpretation is appreciated. However, Kant's own version must be
extended to accommodate the rightful moral consideration we owe to
nonhuman animals. Finally, Marks employs the notion of a
Consequentialist Illusion to explain utilitarianism's hold on our
moral intuitions, while developing a form of Consequentialist
Kantianism to address them. An original and penetrating examination
of a central debate
This volume marks the coming into its own of a discipline in
philosophy: theory of desire. It presents discussions whose primary
focus is on desire, with secondary mention of its implications for
ethics, action, emotion, mind, and so forth.
This volume marks the coming into its own of a discipline in
philosophy: theory of desire. It presents discussions whose primary
focus is on desire, with secondary mention of its implications for
ethics, action, emotion, mind, and so forth.
This book challenges the widespread assumption that the ethical
life and society must be moral in any objective sense. In his
previous works, Marks has rejected both the existence of such a
morality and the need to maintain verbal, attitudinal, practical,
and institutional remnants of belief in it. This book develops
these ideas further, with emphasis on constructing a positive
alternative. Calling it "desirism", Marks illustrates what life and
the world would be like if we lived in accordance with our rational
desires rather than the dictates of any actual or pretend morality,
neither overlaying our desires with moral sanction nor attempting
to override them with moral strictures. Hard Atheism and the Ethics
of Desire also argues that atheism thereby becomes more plausible
than the so-called New Atheism that attempts to give up God and yet
retain morality.
This book challenges the widespread assumption that the ethical
life and society must be moral in any objective sense. In his
previous works, Marks has rejected both the existence of such a
morality and the need to maintain verbal, attitudinal, practical,
and institutional remnants of belief in it. This book develops
these ideas further, with emphasis on constructing a positive
alternative. Calling it "desirism", Marks illustrates what life and
the world would be like if we lived in accordance with our rational
desires rather than the dictates of any actual or pretend morality,
neither overlaying our desires with moral sanction nor attempting
to override them with moral strictures. Hard Atheism and the Ethics
of Desire also argues that atheism thereby becomes more plausible
than the so-called New Atheism that attempts to give up God and yet
retain morality.
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