Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Locating Normative Thought and Discourse
2: Normative Thought and Discourse: Affective, Action-Guiding and Acrimonious
3: Ecumenical Cognitivism
4: Introducing Ecumenical Expressivism
5: Compositionality, Inference and the Frege-Geach Problem
6: Disagreement
7: Truth
8: Rationality
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Michael Ridge is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His previous work has touched on numerous topics in meta-ethics, but especially on the role of principles in moral thought and judgment. He has also published work in top journals in the history of philosophy, normative ethics, virtue theory, the philosophy of mind and political philosophy. He has been working on the theory defended in this book for over a decade.

Reviews

This is an enormously rich book, and Ridge is enviably resourceful in adopting and adapting various available philosophical components to address the set of problems that he is dealing with.
*Kevin Toh, Ethics*

Ridge's discussion is remarkable for the broad range of topics addressed and the creative and sophisticated positions outlined ... I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in the prospects of expressivism, whether for or against
*Andrew Alwood, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*

...a first-rate book, full of interesting arguments and claims...I would highly recommened Impassionaed Belief to metaethicists. Ridge makes a compelling case for taking hybrid theories seriously, and his preferred theory is an important contributon to this growing area of debate.
*Stephen Ingram, Ethical Perspectives*