The Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy: Ethics after Wittgenstein (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)

✍ Scribed by Dr Paul Johnston, Paul Johnston

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Leaves: 190
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Edition: 3rd edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy is a highly original and radical critique of contemporary moral theory. Johnston skillfully demonstrates how much of recent moral philosophy runs aground on the issue of whether we can make correct moral judgements.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 12
The contradictions of traditional ethics......Page 14
Believing in right and wrong......Page 41
Reason and moral argument......Page 70
Modesty, doubt and relativism......Page 98
Objectivity and the metaphysics of ethics......Page 126
Ethics and modern philosophy......Page 154
Postscript......Page 182
Notes......Page 184

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