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Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics by Diana D. Heney (review)

Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics by Diana D. Heney (review) Book Reviews Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics. Diana D. Heney. New York: Routledge, 2016. xxiv + 155 pp. $124.00 hardcover; $28.98 eBook. (Reviewed by Jerome A. Stone, William Rainey Harper College) This closely reasoned philosophical study develops two metaethical positions: (1) a pragmatist view of truth in ethics and (2) a pragmatist view of principles in moral inquiry. To reach these notions Heney gives a close reading of Peirce, James, Dewey, and C. I. Lewis. In the process she engages with current debates in ethical theory. Heney makes a strong case for the importance of metaethics, the inquiry into the meaning of and justification (or lack thereof) for ethical terms and proposi - tions. She focuses on the primacy of practice, which implies consideration of how groups and individuals deal with moral discourse, moral disagreement, and value-laden experience. I will first elucidate her constructive position in part 2 and then give the historical background from Peirce to Lewis in part 1. The first issue Heney addresses is the question of truth in ethics: Do we have reason to treat moral judgments as capable of being true or false? In contemporary metaethical discussion, there are basically two camps, cognitivists and noncognitivists. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

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Book Reviews Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics. Diana D. Heney. New York: Routledge, 2016. xxiv + 155 pp. $124.00 hardcover; $28.98 eBook. (Reviewed by Jerome A. Stone, William Rainey Harper College) This closely reasoned philosophical study develops two metaethical positions: (1) a pragmatist view of truth in ethics and (2) a pragmatist view of principles in moral inquiry. To reach these notions Heney gives a close reading of Peirce, James, Dewey, and C. I. Lewis. In the process she engages with current debates in ethical theory. Heney makes a strong case for the importance of metaethics, the inquiry into the meaning of and justification (or lack thereof) for ethical terms and proposi - tions. She focuses on the primacy of practice, which implies consideration of how groups and individuals deal with moral discourse, moral disagreement, and value-laden experience. I will first elucidate her constructive position in part 2 and then give the historical background from Peirce to Lewis in part 1. The first issue Heney addresses is the question of truth in ethics: Do we have reason to treat moral judgments as capable of being true or false? In contemporary metaethical discussion, there are basically two camps, cognitivists and noncognitivists.

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American Journal of Theology & Philosophy – University of Illinois Press

Published: Aug 5, 2020

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