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Under what conditions can moral claims be said to be true? Copp's book explores this question, starting from a new cognitivist theory of normative judgement - the "standard-based theory" - which offers a schematic account of the truth conditions of normative propositions of all kinds, including moral propositions and propositions about reasons. According to the theory, a moral proposition is true only if a corresponding moral standard is relevantly justified.
At the heart of the book is a theory of the circumstances under which moral standards qualify as justified, the "society-centered theory." Copp argues that because any society needs a social moral code in order to enable its members to live together successfully, and because it would be rational for a society to choose such a code, certain moral codes, and the standards they include, are justified. The standard-based theory says, then, that corresponding moral propositions may therefore be true.
Offering new perspectives on reason and rational choice, Copp's approach to morality and normativity raises a number of important issues in moral theory, as well as in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.
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Ethics, Social norms, Normativity (Ethics), Social ethics, Moral conditionsShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Morality, Normativity, and Society
April 17, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA
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1995, Oxford University Press
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