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Natural moralities : a defense of pluralistic relativism / David B. Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wong, David B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethical relativism.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages)
- Other Title:
- Defense of pluralistic relativism
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Defending a different version of moral relativism, the author proposes that there can be a plurality of true moralities existing across different traditions and cultures, all with one core human question as to how we can all live together.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- pt. 1. How pluralism and naturalism make for natural moralities
- 1. Pluralism and ambivalence
- 2. Pluralistic relativism
- 3. Objections and replies
- pt. 2. Constraints on natural moralities
- 4. Identity, flourishing, and relationship
- 5. Community and liberal theory
- 6. Does psychological realism constrain the content of moralities?
- pt. 3. Having confidence in our moral commitment
- 7. Moral reasons
- internal and external
- 8. Morality and need
- 9. Coping with moral difference
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029410-8
- 9786611163075
- 0-19-530539-6
- 0-19-804156-X
- 1-281-16307-4
- 1-4356-1906-4
- 1-281-92567-5
- 9786611925673
- 0-19-972484-9
- OCLC:
- 437093921
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