Ethics without ontology / Hilary Putnam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putnam, Hilary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this brief book one of the most distinguished living American philosophers takes up the question of whether ethical judgements can properly be considered objective - a question that has vexed philosophers over the past century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

PART I. Ethics without Ontology

LECTURE 1 Ethics without Metaphysics

LECTURE 2 A Defense of Conceptual Relativity

LECTURE 3 Objectivity without Objects

LECTURE 4 “Ontology”: An Obituary

PART II Enlightenment and Pragmatism

LECTURE 1 The Three Enlightenments

LECTURE 2 Skepticism about Enlightenment

Notes

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-151) and index.

ISBN:

9780674266513

067426651X

9780674042391

0674042395

OCLC:

923111938