Experiments in Ethics
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| Author | Kwame Anthony Appiah |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
Publication date | 2008 |
Experiments in Ethics is a 2008 book by the Princeton University philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah.[1] The book is based on a series of lectures delivered by Appiah in 2005 at Bryn Mawr College.[2]
Many philosophers have been sceptical about the relevance of empirical moral psychology to ethics.[3] But Appiah points out that philosophy has almost always had an experimental side. David Hume, he says, was "adamant that moral philosophy had to be grounded in facts about human nature, in psychology and history".[1]
The book discusses the degree to which it is possible to combine first-person ethics, such as asking 'what should I do?', with third person observations about human behaviour.[4]
