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Truth and normativity : an inquiry into the basis of everyday moral claims /
By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political violence imply that the modern democratic polis might also be morally unjustifiable. In...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political violence imply that the modern democratic polis might also be morally unjustifiable. In exploring this problem, Brassington identifies a tension between the primary values of truth and normativity in the standard accounts of moral theory. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 186 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754684541 0754684547 |