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Excerpt from Moral Judgement: Readings in Contemporary MetaethicsThe first set of meta-ethical questions deals with the meaning of the words and sentences which occur in moral discourse. They are such questions as: What do the basic evaluative terms right, praiseworthy, and so forth) and the basic prescriptive terms must, obligatory, and so forth) mean in the various contexts of everyday moral practice in which evaluations and prescriptions ar...

When it first appeared, "Respect for Nature" was at once recognized for the important, groundbreaking work it was. It was deservedly a major influence in the then newly developing field of environmental ethics. Time has only confirmed this first opinion and it is good to have the book back before us."--Michael Ruse, editor of "Philosophy after Darwin"Paul Taylor notes that just as we would not ask 'What is a human being good for?, ' so also sh...

Excerpt from Moral Judgement: Readings in Contemporary MetaethicsThe first set of meta-ethical questions deals with the meaning of the words and sentences which occur in moral discourse. They are such questions as: What do the basic evaluative terms (good, right, praiseworthy, and so forth) and the basic prescriptive terms ought, must, obligatory, and so forth) mean in the various contexts of everyday moral practice in which evaluations and pr...