Ethics: Inventing Right and WrongPenguin UK, 30 ago 1990 - 256 páginas An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an 'error theory' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don't exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical 'queerness' and the observation of cultural relativity. |
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... argument from relativity 9 The argument from queerness 10 Patterns of objectification 11 The general goal of human life 12 Conclusion 2 The Meaning of 'Good' 1 The general meaning of 'good' 2 'Good' in moral contexts 3 Obligations and ...
... argument from relativity 9 The argument from queerness 10 Patterns of objectification 11 The general goal of human life 12 Conclusion 2 The Meaning of 'Good' 1 The general meaning of 'good' 2 'Good' in moral contexts 3 Obligations and ...
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... arguments. He may be able to make more of these if he comes back to them after seeing the use that I make in Parts II and III of the conclusions reached and defended in Part I. I would like to thank Mrs E. Hinkes not only for typing the ...
... arguments. He may be able to make more of these if he comes back to them after seeing the use that I make in Parts II and III of the conclusions reached and defended in Part I. I would like to thank Mrs E. Hinkes not only for typing the ...
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... arguments more clearly or more forcefully than I could put them myself. I have drawn freely on the ideas both of contemporary writers and of such classical moral philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and Sidgwick. But ...
... arguments more clearly or more forcefully than I could put them myself. I have drawn freely on the ideas both of contemporary writers and of such classical moral philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and Sidgwick. But ...
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... arguing for it I shall try to clarify and restrict it in ways that may meet some objections and prevent some ... argument. Others again will say that it is meaningless or empty, that no real issue is raised by the question ...
... arguing for it I shall try to clarify and restrict it in ways that may meet some objections and prevent some ... argument. Others again will say that it is meaningless or empty, that no real issue is raised by the question ...
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... argument, licensed, perhaps, by aspects of the meanings of moral terms – for example, it may be part of the meaning of moral statements that they are universalizable. But there are also ontological, as contrasted with linguistic or ...
... argument, licensed, perhaps, by aspects of the meanings of moral terms – for example, it may be part of the meaning of moral statements that they are universalizable. But there are also ontological, as contrasted with linguistic or ...
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