Speech and Morality: On the Metaethical Implications of Speaking by Terence Cune

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Terence Cuneo presents a new argument for moral realism. According to the normative theory of speech, speech acts are generated by an agent's altering her normative position with regard to her audience. In doing so she takes on rights and responsibilities, some of which are moral and objective: these are a necessary condition of speech.

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Terence Cuneo develops a novel line of argument for moral realism. The argument he defends hinges on the normative theory of speech, according to which speech acts are generated by an agent's altering her normative position with regard to her audience, gaining rights, responsibilities, and obligations of certain kinds. Some of these rights, responsibilities, and obligations, Cuneo suggests, are moral. And these moral features are best understood along realist lines,in part because they explain how it is that we can speak. If this is right, a necessary condition of being able to speak is that there are moral rights, responsibilities, and obligations of a broadlyrealist sort.

Author Biography

Terence Cuneo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont. In addition to having published a wide array of essays in the foundations of ethics, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, Cuneo's books include The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (OUP, 2007), which was awarded Honorable Mention, American Philosophical Association Biennial Book Prize 2007-2009, Foundations of Ethics (edited with RussShafer-Landau; Blackwell, 2007), and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid (edited with René van Woudenberg; CUP, 2004).

Table of Contents

Preface1: Clarke's Insight2: A Normative Theory of Speech3: The Moral Dimensions of Speech4: Against the Mixed View: Part I5: Against the Mixed View: Part II6: Three Antirealist Views7: Epistemic ImplicationsBibliographyIndex

Review

[T]he emphasis on the normative dimensions of speech and its consequences for metaethics are highly interesting and deserve closer investigation. Cuneo's book is a fine start. * John Eriksson, Ethic *this is a superb book, original and highly rigorous, and one that rewards repeated reading. * James Edwin Mahon, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Positive arguments in favor of moral realism are not wildly abundant. Cuneo has provided us with one that is bold, highly original, clearly argued, broad in its sweep and rich in detail. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the nature of moral truth. * Australasian Journal of Philosophy *

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Terence Cuneo develops a novel line of argument for moral realism. The argument he defends hinges on the normative theory of speech, according to which speech acts are generated by an agent's altering her normative position with regard to her audience, gaining rights, responsibilities, and obligations of certain kinds. Some of these rights, responsibilities, and obligations, Cuneo suggests, are moral. And these moral features are best understood along realist lines,in part because they explain how it is that we can speak. If this is right, a necessary condition of being able to speak is that there are moral rights, responsibilities, and obligations of a broadly realist sort.

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"Positive arguments in favor of moral realism are not wildly abundant. Cuneo has provided us with one that is bold, highly original, clearly argued, broad in its sweep and rich in detail. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the nature of moral truth." -- Australasian Journal of Philosophy "...this is a superb book, original and highly rigorous, and one that rewards repeated reading." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online

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An original argument for moral realismAt the intersection of philosophy of language and ethicsWritten in a clear and accessible style

Details ISBN0198823258 Author Terence Cuneo Pages 288 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 0198823258 ISBN-13 9780198823254 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle On the Metaethical Implications of Speaking Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 170.42 Affiliation University of Vermont Short Title Speech and Morality Language English Publication Date 2018-10-03 UK Release Date 2018-10-03 NZ Release Date 2018-10-03 Alternative 9780198712725 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2018-10-13 We've got this

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