A01=Richard W. Miller
Abductive reasoning
Acquiescence
After Virtue
Argument from queerness
Author_Richard W. Miller
Category=QDTQ
Cherry picking
Coercion
Consequentialism
Consideration
Contractualism
Controversy
Criticism
Deliberation
Detection
Dirty hands
Emotivism
Epistemic virtue
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eq_nobargain
Equal opportunity
Ethical dilemma
Evidence of absence
Explanation
Externality
Falsity
Fraud
Good and evil
Guessing
Hedonism
Hypocrisy
Hypothesis
Idealization
Ignorantia juris non excusat
Impartiality
Inappropriateness
Indication (medicine)
Individualism
Inquiry
Institution
Irrationality
Liberty
Misuse of statistics
Moral absolutism
Moral equivalence
Moral luck
Moral nihilism
Moral realism
Moral responsibility
Morality
Nonbeliever
Nonviolence
Opportunism
Overreaction
Philosophical skepticism
Positivism
Pride
Principia Ethica
Rationality
Reason
Reasonable person
Rule of reason
Self-denial
Self-interest
Sentimentality
Sophistication
Superiority (short story)
Suspension of disbelief
Theory
Truism
Truth claim (photography)
Utilitarianism
Verificationism
Wishful thinking
Product details
- ISBN 9780691605630
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jul 2014
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In a wide-ranging inquiry Richard W. Miller provides new resources for coping with the most troubling types of moral conflict: disagreements in moral conviction, conflicting interests, and the tension between conscience and desires. Drawing on most fields in philosophy and the social sciences, including his previous work in the philosophy of science, he presents an account of our access to moral truth, and, within this framework, develops a theory of justice and an assessment of the role of morality in rational choice. In Miller's view, we are often in a position to claim that our moral judgments are true descriptions of moral facts. But others, relying on contrary ways of moral learning, would reject truths that we are in a position to assert, in dissent that does not depend on irrationality or ignorance of relevant evidence or arguments. With this mixed verdict on "moral realism," Miller challenges many received views of rationality, scientific method, and the relation between moral belief and moral choice.
In his discussion of justice, Miller defends the adequacy, for modern political choices, of a widely shared demand that institutions be freely and rationally acceptable to all. Drawing on social research and economic theories, he argues that this demand has dramatically egalitarian consequences, even though it is a premise of liberals and conservatives alike. In the final chapters, Miller investigates the role and limits of morality in the choice of conduct, arguing for new perspectives on reason and impartiality. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
