N. Hamalainen Descriptive Ethics What does Moral Philosophy Know about Morality? ▶ Contributes to the growing scientific and philosophical literature on valuation studies ▶ Addresses analytic ethical theory in a fresh way ▶ Brings together methodological questions raised in post- Wittgensteinian ethics, Pragmatist ethics, and post-Foucaudlian discussions of personhood and subjectivity with communitarian approaches to ethics This book is an investigation into the descriptive task of moral philosophy. Nora Hämäläinen explores the challenge of providing rich and accurate pictures of the moral conditions, values, virtues, and norms under which people live and have lived, along with relevant knowledge about the human animal and human nature. While modern 1st ed. 2016, X, 132 p. moral philosophy has focused its energies on normative and metaethical theory, the task of describing, uncovering, and inquiring into moral frameworks and moral practices Printed book has mainly been left to social scientists and historians. Nora Hämäläinen argues that this division of labour has detrimental consequences for moral philosophy and that a Hardcover reorientation toward descriptive work is needed in moral philosophy. She traces resources ISBN 978-1-137-58616-2 for a descriptive philosophical ethics in the work of four prominent philosophers of the ▶ 54,99 € | £49.99 twentieth century: John Dewey, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault, and Charles Taylor, ▶ *58,84 € (D) | 60,49 € (A) | CHF 65.00 while also calling on thinkers inspired by them. Nora Hämäläinen is Associate Professor (docent) in philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of Literature and Moral Theory and has co-edited the volume Language, Ethics and Animal Life — Wittgenstein and Beyond (with Niklas Forsberg and Mikel Burley). The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with * include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with ** include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted..