Beyond Subjective Morality: Ethical Reasoning and Political Philosophy

Many thoughtful and intelligent people believe that they have no rationally defensible basis for making moral judgments--that their values are arbitrary personal tastes, a matter of purely personal subjectivity. James Fishkin offers a philosophical response to this cynical attitude toward morality and shows that an alternative is possible. His book confronts basic questions across a variety of disciplines--moral psychology, moral philosophy, and liberal political theory.