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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810484703321

Autore

Harman Gilbert

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-823805-3

0-19-151935-9

9786611943653

1-281-94365-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Moral Relativism""; ""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?""; ""Part II. Intrinsic Value""; ""6. Toward a Theory of Intrinsic Value""; ""7. Desired Desires""; ""8. Intrinsic Value""; ""Part III. Virtue""; ""9. Human Flourishing, Ethics, and Liberty""; ""10. Moral Philosophy Meets Social Psychology: Virtue Ethics and the Fundamental Attribution Error""; ""Part IV. Explaining Value""; ""11. Moral Agent and Impartial Spectator""""12. Explaining Value""; ""13. Moral Philosophy and Linguistics""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Subjects""

Sommario/riassunto

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.