Sentience and Sensibility: A Conversation about Moral Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781930972070)

Sentience and Sensibility is a dialogue that engages a number of issues in moral theory in a rigorous and original manner, while remaining accessible to students and other nonspecialist readers. It accomplishes this by means of the time-honored (if presently dormant) medium of philosophical dialogue, in which its characters actively challenge each other to clarify their ideas and defend their reasoning. In this manner the conversation develops and weighs some proposed solutions, in largely non-technical language, to a number of current and traditional moral problems (including the nature and origin of moral value, the moral status of nonhuman animals, problems of partiality, and other vexed topics).
Moral philosophy and theory can seem as remote and intimidating as everyday ethical matters and moral intuitions are pressing. Sentience and Sensibility proposes that these two should meet. The book's characters gently challenge each other to clarify their thinking and defend their reasoning, and in this rigorous yet personable manner explore traditional and fresh takes on morality. The conversation aims not only to discover thoughtful answers to such questions, but to do so while being respectful of both philosophical theory and ordinary moral intuitions

Author: Matthew R. Silliman
ISBN-10: 1930972075
ISBN-13: 9781930972070
Publisher: Parmenides Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 7.98h x 6.02w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/2007 pg. 125