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For Ontology of Morals - Critique of Contemporary Ethical Theory

By Henry B. Veatch

Book information

Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Year
1971
ISBN
0810103524
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4573576 bytes)
Pages
\179
Time added
2024-07-03 21:30:21

Description

For an Ontology of Morals: A Critique of Contemporary Ethical Theory assesses contemporary trends in ethical theory, including the deontological tradition dating back to Kant, the teleological tradition of the utilitarians, the analytic movement, and the existentialist-phenomenologist movement. In refuting these trends, Henry B. Veatch argues that moral and ethical distinctions cannot be rightly or adequately understood if they are regarded simply as matters of linguistic use but are grounded in the very being and nature of things.

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