Search The Directory The Web for Home > Society > Philosophy > Reference > Internet_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Moral Dilemmas - Situation where only two courses of action are available, each requiring a morally impermissible action.   Moral Luck - Andrew Latus, St. Francis Xavier University, summarizes the discussion between Thomas Nagel and Bernard Williams on the question: Can luck ever make a moral difference?   Moral Philosophy - Introduction to ethics, with links to other articles at the IEP.   Moral Rationalism - Plato was one who thought that the use of reason was essential in moral judgements. Hume criticised this view.   Moral Realism - The view that moral principles have an objective foundation.   Moral Relativism - Argument against moral absolutism, suggesting that moral standards are grounded only in social custom.   Moral Skepticism - The theory, supported by J.L. Mackie in Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong, that belief in objective moral principles cannot be justified.   Morality and Religion - Brief article describing the influence of religion on moral philosophy.   Natural Theology - Used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to describe knowledge of God drawn from nature.   Naturalistic Fallacy - Moore's theory that "goodness" is an individual property which cannot be explained in terms of anything more basic.   Neoplatonism - The revival of Greek philosophy in 3rd century BCE, led by Plotinus and his disciple, Porphyry. Influenced by both Pythagoras and Plato.   Noncognitivism - In Ethical theory noncognitivism is the theory that moral utterances are neither true nor false statements about the world.   Objectivity - The view that the truth of a thing is independent from the observing subject.   Ockham, William of - Detailed biography of the 14th century Franciscan.   Ordinary Language - Ordinary language philosophy examines the way common language is used.   Origen - Father of the early Church, born around 182.   Original Position - Rawls view that a group of impartial people will establish a mutually beneficial principle of justice.   Paine, Thomas - 18th century British political writer.   Paley, William - 18th century British theologian.   Parmenides - Greek philosopher and poet.     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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