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Moral Realities: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology

By Mark Platts

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1991
ISBN
0415058929, 9780415058926
LCC
BJ1012 .P633 1991
Open Library ID
OL1883693M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1173136 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
179\179
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Moral Realities engages the classical moral philosophies of Hume, Mandeville and Nietzsche, and tackles the powerful arguments of the contemporary moral relativists. Platts uses an existing critique of philosophical notions of desire and value to present a descriptive metaphysics of morals--clarifying both what morality is and what it is not. He also employs a classification of desire that articulates a general theory of value and valuing which is distinguished by a cognitive approach given to certain kinds of moral valuing. The possibility of applying this approach to moral valuings is defended against the persuasive criticisms of both the Humean subjectivist and the contemporary moral relativist.

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