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Morality, Normativity, and Society

By David Copp

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0195144015, 9780195144017, 0195078799, 9780195078794
LCC
HM216 .C673 1995
Open Library ID
OL1087989M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13168250 bytes)
Pages
280\286
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Moral claims not only assume to be true, but they also guide our choices. This fascinating book presents a new theory of normative judgment, the "standard-based theory," which offers a schematic account of the truth conditions of normative propositions of all kinds, including moral propositions and propositions about reasons. Here, David Copp argues that because any society needs a social moral code in order to enable its members to live together successfully, and because it would be rational for a society to choose such a system, certain moral codes--and the standards they include--are justified. In this work, Copp raises a number of important issues in moral theory, as well as in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

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