03657nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001300153072001600166072002300182072001600205100008000221245010200301250001800403264007900421300003300500336002600533337002600559338003600585347002400621505056800645520148001213650001202693650003302705650003502738650002402773650002502797650004102822650002302863650002602886650002202912650002702934710003402961773002602995776003603021776003603057776003603093856004603129978-3-031-80244-7DE-He21320251030114936.0cr nn 008mamaa250131s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830318024477 a10.1007/978-3-031-80244-72doi 4aBJ1-1725 7aHPQ2bicssc 7aPHI0050002bisacsh 7aQDTQ2thema1 aMorris, Stephen G.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aMoral Damagesh[electronic resource] :bThe Case for Abolishing Morality /cby Stephen G. Morris.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXI, 294 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: Introduction: Opening Statements  -- Part I: Why Moral Realism is False -- Chapter 2: What Sort of Morality Should We Abolish? -- Chapter 3: Arguments Against Moral Realism -- Chapter 4: Assessing the Alternatives to Error Theory and Moral Abolitionism -- Part II: Assessing the Moral Damages -- Chapter 5: Killing in the Name of…Justice -- Chapter 6: Morality and Politics -- Chapter 7: The Impact of Moral Beliefs on Personal and Societal Well-being -- Part III: A Way Forward -- Chapter 8: What Can Replace Morality? -- Chapter 9: Closing Remarks.  aDespite the wide-ranging differences in people’s moral perspectives, there is near universal agreement that the world is generally better off when people allow morality to dictate their actions. But what if this view is wrong? What if the very thing that most people think is key to improving human relations is actually a primary contributor to unnecessary suffering and strife? In this book, Stephen G. Morris uses the latest empirical evidence to argue that eliminating all vestiges of morality from our lives (a position known as moral abolitionism) would likely yield benefits on both an individual and a societal level. Though the primary aim is to build a pragmatic case for why we ought to dispense with morality, Morris first argues that there are theoretical reasons for rejecting morality since we lack compelling arguments for the existence of moral facts. From there, he cites extensive evidence suggesting that morality does more harm than good through its negative influence on violence, politics, and personal relationships. Following a discussion of how we have at our disposal the necessary resources (i.e., empathy, prudential self-interest, and reason) to benefit humanity in a world without morality, Morris concludes by offering some specific steps societies could take to help eliminate morality’s corrupting influence and to improve human relations. Stephen G. Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The College of Staten Island/CUNY, USA. 0aEthics. 0aSocial sciencesxPhilosophy. 0aPolitical sciencexPhilosophy. 0aPhilosophy of mind. 0aBiologyxPhilosophy.14aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.24aSocial Philosophy.24aPolitical Philosophy.24aMoral Psychology.24aPhilosophy of Biology.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303180243008iPrinted edition:z978303180245408iPrinted edition:z978303180246140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80244-7