Modern Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Alan Montefiore is an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

• 1. Introduction 2. On Problems of Definition 3. On Statements, Synthetic and Analytic 4. Whether Value Judgments are Statements and Whether Values are Properties 5. The Meaning of ‘Good’ 6. The Meaning of ‘True’ 7. ‘Can I Be Sincerely Mistaken About What Is Right?’ 8. ‘ Ought’ and ‘Is’ (i) – A Matter of Logic? 9. ‘ Ought’ and ‘Is’ (ii) – ‘A Recognisable Distinction’ 10. ‘Liking’ and ‘Approval’ 11. The Meaning of ‘Moral’, of ‘Value Judgment’ and of ‘Neutral Statement’ 12. Reasons, Causes and Free Will 13. Retrospect

‘This book… gives the reader a good idea both of the content and of the language and manner of ethical discussions in the university world.’ Philosophical Studies