Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong
An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an ''error theory'' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don''t exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical ''queerness'' and the observation of cultural relativity.
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Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong
An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an ''error theory'' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don''t exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical ''queerness'' and the observation of cultural relativity.
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Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

by J. L. MacKie
Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

by J. L. MacKie

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An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an ''error theory'' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don''t exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical ''queerness'' and the observation of cultural relativity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140135589
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 05/28/1991
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.12(w) x 7.74(h) x 0.62(d)
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