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Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Catherine Wilson
Open Book Publishers · Original publisher PDF, 2016 · English · Published 2016
An introductory philosophical enquiry into moral thought, knowledge, realism, reasons, relativism and moral progress, presented through a first-person narrator.
- Learning stage
- College introduction
- Prerequisites
- No prior philosophy course is required; sustained academic English reading is helpful.
- PDF pages
- 134 in this file
- Editorial review
- 2026-10-29
Contents
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Contents
Introduction
Enquiry I
Enquiry II
Enquiry III
Enquiry IV
Enquiry V
Enquiry VI
Enquiry VII
Enquiry VIII
Enquiry IX
Summary
Endnotes
Suggestions for further study
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Authors: Catherine Wilson
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
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CC BY 4.0
Catherine Wilson, Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2016. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0087 . CC BY 4.0. Cover: Nick Jewell, Tiree Perspective (2008), CC BY 4.0; https://www.flickr.com/photos/macjewell/2736570618 . Original file unchanged; no author endorsement.
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