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Moral realities : an essay in philosophical psychology / Mark de Bretton Platts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Platts, Mark de Bretton, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Desire (Philosophy).
- Values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philosophical critics have consistently misidentified the institution of morality. Platts argues that a `realist' standpoint of moral thought was possible from the perspective of the philosophy of psychology.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Misconceptions of Desire; 2. The Distinctions of Desire; 3. Values; 4. Fact and Action in Hume's Moral Theory; 5. The Reach of Morality; 6. Morality's Critics; Afterwords; Bibliography of Philosophical Works to; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-229) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-93068-2
- 1-134-93069-0
- 1-280-22543-2
- 9786610225439
- 0-203-98060-3
- 9780203980606
- OCLC:
- 475963434
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