| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Intuitionism and Wide Reflective Equilibrium; 2. Reasons, Persons, and Contracts; 3. The Formal Conception of the Good; 4. Ethics as Social Artifact; 5. Evaluating Standards; 6. Goods and Evils; 7. Ethics and Agents; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
This treatise defends a middle ground between the view that there is a set of standards binding all rational beings (universalism), and the view that differences in morals reduce ultimately to matters of taste (skepticism). It begins with a sustained critique of universalist moral thories |
| Analysis |
Ethics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93024722 |
| ISBN |
0195086465 (Cloth) |
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0195358783 |
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1280442220 |
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1423738241 (electronic bk.) |
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9780195086461 (Cloth) |
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9780195358780 |
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9781280442223 |
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9781423738244 (electronic bk.) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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