1st Edition

Explaining Morality Critical Realism and Moral Questions

By Steve Ash Copyright 2022
166 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Adopting a critical realist approach to morality, this book considers morality as an aspect of social reality, enquiring into the nature of moral agency and asking whether we can legitimately argue for a specific moral position and whether moral positions can be understood to apply universally. Drawing on the thought of Bhaskar, Collier and Sayer, it explores a series of ontological questions... Read more

Introduction

1. The Legitimacy of a Moral Argument

2. The Universality of Morality

3. The Question of Moral Agency

4. Morality as an Aspect of Society

5. Explaining Morality

6. Combining the Realist Moral Theories

7. Developing the Realist Model of Morality

Biography

Steve Ash gained his Ph.D. at the University of Southampton, UK, and is a board member of the Centre for Critical Realism.