The Moral Problem

The Moral Problem
	1st edition
Author	Michael Andrew Smith
Language	English
Subject	moral realism
Published	1994
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	242
ISBN	978-0631192466

The Moral Problem is a 1994 book by Michael Andrew Smith, in which the author tries to provide a defense of moral realism. It is Smith’s most influential work for which he was awarded an American Philosophical Association book prize in 2001.

Reception

The book was reviewed by James Dreier, David Copp and James Lenman. It has more than four thousand citations on Google Scholar.

References

↑ "Ethics - Moral realism". Britannica.
↑ Pigden, Charles R. (2007). "Hume, motivation and "the moral problem"". Rivista di Storia Della Filosofia. 62 (3): 199-221.
↑ Breckenridge, Wylie; Cohen, Daniel Blair (December 2019). "Has Smith Solved the Moral Problem?". Acta Analytica. 34 (4): 463–472. doi:10.1007/s12136-019-00384-2. ISSN 1874-6349.
↑ "Smith, Michael" (PDF). A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand b.
↑ Copp, David (October 1997). "Belief, Reason, and Motivation: Michael Smith's "The Moral Problem"". Ethics. 108 (1): 33–54. doi:10.1086/233787. ISSN 0014-1704.
↑ Dreier, J. (1 April 1996). "Book Reviews". Mind. 105 (418): 363–367. doi:10.1093/mind/105.418.363. ISSN 0026-4423.
↑ Lenman, James (March 1998). "Michael Smith: The Moral Problem". Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 1 (1): 125–126. doi:10.1023/A:1009976621075.
↑ "Smith: The moral problem". Google Scholar.

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[1] "Ethics - Moral realism". Britannica.

[2] Pigden, Charles R. (2007). "Hume, motivation and "the moral problem"". Rivista di Storia Della Filosofia. 62 (3): 199-221.

[3] Breckenridge, Wylie; Cohen, Daniel Blair (December 2019). "Has Smith Solved the Moral Problem?". Acta Analytica. 34 (4): 463–472. doi:10.1007/s12136-019-00384-2. ISSN 1874-6349.

[4] "Smith, Michael" (PDF). A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand b.

[5] Copp, David (October 1997). "Belief, Reason, and Motivation: Michael Smith's "The Moral Problem"". Ethics. 108 (1): 33–54. doi:10.1086/233787. ISSN 0014-1704.

[6] Dreier, J. (1 April 1996). "Book Reviews". Mind. 105 (418): 363–367. doi:10.1093/mind/105.418.363. ISSN 0026-4423.

[7] Lenman, James (March 1998). "Michael Smith: The Moral Problem". Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 1 (1): 125–126. doi:10.1023/A:1009976621075.

[8] "Smith: The moral problem". Google Scholar.