Experimental Ethics
Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy
Published on 1. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 304 pages
978-1-349-48879-7 (ISBN)
Description
Moral philosophy is no longer being pursued from arm-chairs. Instead, ethical questions are dissected in the experimental lab. This volume enables its readers to immerse themselves into Experimental Ethics' history, its current topics and future perspectives, its methodology, and the criticism it is subject to.
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Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 304 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-48879-7 (9781349488797)
DOI
10.1057/9781137409805
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10/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Fernando Aguiar, IESA Cordoba, Spain
Martin Bruder, University of Konstanz, Germany
Andreas Bunge, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Brendan Caldwell, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Daryl Cameron, University of Iowa, USA
Niklas Dworazik, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Ulrich Frey, University of Giessen, Germany
Antonio Gaitán, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, SPAIN
Alexander Lenger, University of Freiburg i.B., Germany
Christoph Luetge, TU München, Germany
Nikil Mukerji, LMU Munich, Germany
Julian F. Müller, TU München, Germany
Ezio Di Nucci, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Blanca Rodríguez Lopez, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Jacob Rosenthal, University of Konstanz, Germany
Hannes Rusch, TU München, Germany
Jana Schaich Borg, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Alexander Skulmowski, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Nina Strohminger, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Attila Tanyi, University of Konstanz, Germany
Verena Wagner, University of Konstanz, Germany
Stephan Wolf, University of Freiburg i.B., Germany
Matthias Uhl, TU München, Germany
Content
List of Contributors PART I : EXPERIMENTAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY? 1. Introduction: Towards an Empirical Moral Philosophy; C. Lutge, M. Uhl and H. Rusch 2. Experimental Philosophy; K.A. Appiah 3. Chances, Problems and Limits of Experimental Ethics; C. Lutge 4. A Brief History of Experimental Ethics; N. Dworazik and H. Rusch PART II: APPLIED EXPERIMENTAL ETHICS: CASE STUDIES Introduction 5. The Moral Behavior of Ethicists and the Role of the Philosopher; E. Schwitzgebel 6. Explaining the Knobe Effect; V. Wagner 7. Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics; E. Di Nucci 8. Utilitarianism, the Difference Principle, or Else? An Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Social Immobility on the Democratic Election of Distributive Rules; S. Wolf and A. Lenger 9. Value Assignments in Experimental Environmental Ethics; U. Frey PART III: ON METHODOLOGY Introduction 10. Implicit Morality - A Methodological Survey; N. Strominger et al 11. How to Gauge Moral Intuitions? Prospects for a New Methodology; M. Bruder and A. Tanyi 12. Descriptive and Pragmatic Levels of Empirical Ethics; A. Bunge and A. Skulmowski 13. Robust Intuitions, Experimental Ethics and Experimental Economics: Bringing Reflective Equilibrium into the Lab; F. Aguiar et al PART IV: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS Introduction 14. Experimental Philosophy is Useful - But not in a Specific Way; J. Rosenthal 15. Intuitions, Experiments, and Armchairs; N. Mukerji PART V: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Introduction 16. Large-scale Social Experiments in Experimental Ethics; J.F. Muller 17. Philosophy as the Behaviorist Views It?; H. Rusch 18. Outlook Index