Foundations for Moral Relativism
In this new edition of 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...
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| description | In this new edition of 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”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-365112024-05-11T23:05:09Z Foundations for Moral Relativism J. Velleman, David moral relativism ethics social philosophy moral disagreement metaethics perspectivalism moral philosophy Immanuel Kant Morality Sherpa people Virtual world thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs In this new edition of 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”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-04-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:51:48Z 2015 book 646672 OCN: 945783366 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30329 9781783740321 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36511 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30329/1/646672.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30329/1/646672.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30329/1/646672.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0086 10.11647/OBP.0086 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781783740321 ScholarLed 156 open access |
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