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The mystery of moral authority / Russell Blackford.
Van Pelt Library BJ1012 .B5353 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackford, Russell, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot
- Palgrave pivot.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 119 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Summary:
- "We attribute to morality an inescapable authority over human actions, but the source of this authority is mysterious. It cannot come from God, nature, or reason. Morality is best understood as a technology that aids in social cooperation, while often being rationalized as something more metaphysical"--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Morality and its discontents
- Reason as a foundation for morality
- The appeal of moral naturalism
- Moral realtivism(s)
- Appeals to God
- Living as a moral sceptic
- A metaethical coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-117) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137562692
- 1137562692
- OCLC:
- 941070142
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