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Foundations for moral relativism /
In Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time,...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Cambridge, United Kingdom] :
Open Book Publishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Second expanded edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes"--Publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783740345 1783740345 9781783740352 1783740353 9781783740369 1783740361 1783740337 9781783740338 1783740329 9781783740321 2821876106 9782821876101 |