{"product_id":"metaethics-a-contemporary-introduction-paperback","title":"Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Van Roojen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book maps the terrain of the part of ethics that reflects on the nature of ethics itself, a field known as metaethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt helps upper-level undergraduates and other interested readers understand the main theoretical innovations as reactions to puzzles about moral disagreement, reference, moral epistemology, metaphysics, and moral psychology. The book provides the necessary background to grasp the puzzles and to understand the solutions offered. More complex positions are displayed as developments of simpler ideas and theories. Positions covered include error theory, subjectivism, relativism, noncognitivism, fictionalism, supernaturalism, nonnaturalism, and naturalism. Several charts map the relations between the positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Updates to the Second Edition: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA text that is easier to follow throughout, now with regular references to the main explanatory chart in the Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn expanded and more self-contained discussion of supernaturalism, which now can be better used as its own module or omitted completely from a class syllabus\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdditional understanding and\/or extension-oriented questions at the end of almost every chapter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdates to citations and Suggested Readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReassurances to the student reader that uncertainty about certain difficult topics is both natural and expected\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark van Roojen \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln. He works primarily in ethics and metaethics but remains interested in the rest of philosophy. His most widely read papers are on moral rationalism, expressivism, moral psychology, and the semantics of moral terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53750589227315,"sku":"9781032151854","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/vgyuQUT5JC9781032151854.webp?v=1785274272","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/metaethics-a-contemporary-introduction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}