The Moral Problem Explained

The Moral Problem
Author:	Michael Andrew Smith
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subject:	moral realism
Published:	1994
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
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.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is Smith’s most influential work for which he was awarded an American Philosophical Association book prize in 2001.^[4]

Reception

The book was reviewed by James Dreier, David Copp and James Lenman.^{[5] [6] [7]} It has more than four thousand citations on Google Scholar.^[8]

External links

• The Moral Problem

Notes and References

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