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 |
English |
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Print version record |
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Ethics.
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Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Philosophy
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ethics (philosophy)
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Philosophy
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
93024722 |
ISBN |
1423738241 |
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9781423738244 |
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0195358783 |
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9780195358780 |
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1280442220 |
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9781280442223 |
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