ABSTRACT
The preceding three chapters have focused on some of the metatheoretical issues and normative theories constituting moral philosophy. The primary concerns of philosophers have been the specification of prescriptive models of moral reasoning, the metatheoretical assumptions on which they rest and the logical adequacy of the criteria that define each model. Philosophers have not been unmindful of such important related topics as the association between moral judgments and the motivation of moral behavior (cf. Adams, 1976; Stocker, 1976) or the practicality of their normative theories. However, those are empirical issues that have remained largely secondary in terms of their expertise and interest.
