Commitment, value, and moral realism

Commitment is central to moral and political philosophy, yet few works have examined it at any length. Lieberman's book asks under what conditions commitment is possible. Along the way, it offers an indirect argument for moral realism, the position at the heart of current metaethical debate.

The study is written for analytic philosophers, but it also draws connections to continental philosophy and to folk psychology, sociology and cognitive science. Readers following the moral realism debate will find it a contribution to that discussion.