Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics

This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics the possibility and nature of moral knowledge the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalistic world view the nature of moral value and obligation and the role of morality in a person''s rational life plan. In striking contrast to many traditional authors and to other recent writers in the field David Brink offers an integrated defense of the objectivity of ethics.