Ethical Intuitionism

A defence of ethical intuitionism where (i) there are objective moral truths; (ii) we know these through an immediate, intellectual awareness, or 'intuition'; and (iii) knowing them gives us reasons to act independent of our desires. The author rebuts the major objections to this theory and shows the difficulties in alternative theories of ethics.

Author: M. Huemer
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/11/2005
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781403989680

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2006 pg. 125

About the Author
Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, where he has worked since 1998. He is the author of Skepticism and the Veil of Perception and Ethical Intuitionism, as well as more than 40 articles in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and metaphysics.