{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-moral-knowledge-paperback","title":"The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDallas Willard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteven L. Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAaron Preston\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral life and of its conduct is no longer routinely available from the social institutions long thought to be responsible for it. In this sense, moral knowledge--as a publicly available resource for living--has disappeared. Via a detailed survey of main developments in ethical theory from the late 19th through the late 20th centuries, Willard explains philosophy's role in this shift. In pointing out the shortcomings of these developments, he shows that the shift was not the result of rational argument or discovery, but largely of arational social forces--in other words, there was no good reason for moral knowledge to have disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Moral Knowledge \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique contribution to the literature on the history of ethics and social morality. Its review of historical work on moral knowledge covers a wide range of thinkers including T.H Green, G.E Moore, Charles L. Stevenson, John Rawls, and Alasdair MacIntyre. But, most importantly, it concludes with a novel proposal for how we might reclaim moral knowledge that is inspired by the phenomenological approach of Knud Logstrup and Emmanuel Levinas. Edited and eventually completed by three of Willard's former graduate students, this book marks the culmination of Willard's project to find a secure basis in knowledge for the moral life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDallas Willard\u003c\/strong\u003e (1935-2013) was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California from 1965 to 2012. A specialist in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, his publications include \u003ci\u003eLogic and the Objectivity of Knowledge: a Study in Husserl's Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous articles on Husserl as well as in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of religion. He also published the first English translations of Husserl's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Arithmetic\u003c\/i\u003e, his \u003ci\u003eEarly Writings in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e, and a number of shorter pieces by Husserl and other early phenomenologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven L. Porter\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Biola University. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from USC in 2003 under the direction of Dallas Willard. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eRestoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification: A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism \u003c\/i\u003eand　\u003ci\u003eNeuroscience and the Soul: The Human Person in Philosophy, Science, and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Preston\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Valparaiso University. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from USC in 2002 under the direction of Dallas Willard. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eAnalytic Philosophy: the History of an Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnalytic Philosophy: an Interpretive History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregg A. Ten Elshof\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Biola University. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from USC in 2000 under the direction of Dallas Willard. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eIntrospection Vindicated, I Told Me So, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConfucius for Christians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709753692223,"sku":"9780367502294","price":124.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/db65e5ab6a07e2450ff1215a10466345.webp?v=1765052576","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-disappearance-of-moral-knowledge-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}