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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... Standards of evaluation 6 Hypothetical and categorical imperatives 7 The claim to objectivity 8 The argument from relativity 9 The argument from queerness 10 Patterns of objectification 11 The general goal of human life 12 Conclusion 2 ...
... Standards of evaluation 6 Hypothetical and categorical imperatives 7 The claim to objectivity 8 The argument from relativity 9 The argument from queerness 10 Patterns of objectification 11 The general goal of human life 12 Conclusion 2 ...
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... standard, conventional, senses of the main moral terms; I think, none the less, that there is a relatively clear-cut issue about the objectivity of moral values which is in danger of being lost among the complications of meaning. 4. Is ...
... standard, conventional, senses of the main moral terms; I think, none the less, that there is a relatively clear-cut issue about the objectivity of moral values which is in danger of being lost among the complications of meaning. 4. Is ...
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... Standards of evaluation One way of stating the thesis that there are no objective values is to say that value statements cannot be either true or false. But this formulation, too, lends itself to misinterpretation. For there are certain ...
... Standards of evaluation One way of stating the thesis that there are no objective values is to say that value statements cannot be either true or false. But this formulation, too, lends itself to misinterpretation. For there are certain ...
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... standards of quality or merit which are peculiar to each particular subject-matter or type of contest, which may be ... standards, it will be an objective issue, a matter of truth and falsehood, how well any particular specimen measures ...
... standards of quality or merit which are peculiar to each particular subject-matter or type of contest, which may be ... standards, it will be an objective issue, a matter of truth and falsehood, how well any particular specimen measures ...
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... standards for diving than another's, it will be unjust if the latter is awarded higher marks or the prize. In this way the justice or injustice of decisions relative to standards can be a thoroughly objective matter, though there may ...
... standards for diving than another's, it will be unjust if the latter is awarded higher marks or the prize. In this way the justice or injustice of decisions relative to standards can be a thoroughly objective matter, though there may ...
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