03006nam 2200721Ia 450 991081596260332120200520144314.01-134-61911-11-134-61912-X1-138-00734-X1-280-10475-90-203-27978-60-203-16532-210.4324/9780203165324 (CKB)1000000000254482(EBL)167601(OCoLC)560068083(SSID)ssj0000278223(PQKBManifestationID)11209228(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278223(PQKBWorkID)10241490(PQKB)10285419(SSID)ssj0000130058(PQKBManifestationID)11134396(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130058(PQKBWorkID)10080223(PQKB)11265884(MiAaPQ)EBC167601(Au-PeEL)EBL167601(CaPaEBR)ebr10054197(CaONFJC)MIL10475(EXLCZ)99100000000025448219990301d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe contradictions of modern moral philosophy ethics after Wittgenstein /Paul Johnston3rd ed.London ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (190 p.)Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65233-2 0-415-20848-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; The contradictions of traditional ethics; Believing in right and wrong; Reason and moral argument; Modesty, doubt and relativism; Objectivity and the metaphysics of ethics; Ethics and modern philosophy; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy is a highly original and radical critique of contemporary moral theory. Paul Johnston demonstrates that much recent moral philosophy is confused about the fundamental issue of whether there are correct moral judgements. He shows that the standard modern approaches to ethics cannot justify - or even make much sense of - traditional moral beliefs. Applied rigorously, these approaches suggest that we should reject ethics as a set of outdated and misguided claims. Rather than facing up to this conclusion, most recent moral philosophy consiRoutledge studies in ethics and moral theory ;1.Ethics, Modern20th centuryPhilosophyEthics, ModernPhilosophy.170/.9/04Johnston Paul1962-1751637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815962603321The contradictions of modern moral philosophy4194889UNINA