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What lies at the foundation of our moral beliefs? If we dig down far enough do we find that our moral values have no ground at all to stand on, and so are apt to collapse upon serious philosophical investigation? This book seeks to answer these and related questions by positing an indubitable foundation for our moral beliefs – they arise from the phenomenon of ‘primary recognition’, and are fundamentally shaped by ‘basic moral certainties’. Drawing on philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Knud Ejler Løgstrup, this book draws together insights from both Analytic and Continental philosophy to provide a convincing new picture of our moral foundations. And it does so in a way that eschews moral conservativism and opens the way for a rich understanding of the variety and particularity of our human moral systems, while also keeping a significant place for those moral beliefs that occur universally, across cultures. ** Preface 5 Contents 9 1 Basic Certainty and Morality 13 1.1 Introduction 13 1.2 Wittgenstein’s on Certainty and Morality 14 1.3 Four Features of Basic Certainty 18 1.4 Basic Beliefs Are Indubitable 19 1.4.1 The Indubitability of Basic Beliefs: Justification Stops Some

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Author

Neil O'Hara

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319754451

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Humanities