Explaining value and other essays in moral philosophy / Gilbert Harman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harman, Gilbert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this selection of Gilbert Harman's shorter writings in moral philosophy, the essays are divided into four sections, focusing on moral relativism, values and valuing, character traits and virtue ethics, and ways of explaining aspects of morality.

Contents:

1. Moral Relativism Defended

2. What is Moral Relativism?

3. Relativistic Ethics: Morality as Politics

4. Justice and Moral Bargaining

5. Is There a Single True Morality?

6. Toward a Theory of Intrinsic Value

7. Desired Desires

8. Intrinsic Value

9. Human Flourishing, Ethics, and Liberty

10. Moral Philosophy Meets Social Psychology: Virtue Ethics and the Fundamental Attribution Error

11. Moral Agent and Impartial Spectator

12. Explaining Value

13. Moral Philosophy and Linguistics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-823805-3

0-19-151935-9

9786611943653

1-281-94365-7

OCLC:

309353307