| Sorting Out Ethics Contributor(s): Hare, R. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198237278 ISBN-13: 9780198237273 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1998 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 97008001 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.56" W x 8.3" (0.77 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sorting Out Ethics is a characteristically lucid and lively survey of rival ethical theories by one of the most influential moral philosophers of the century. It also constitutes a definitive summary of Hare's own fundamental ethical position. The book's main theme is that objectivity in moral thinking is not to be sought by making moral questions into questions of fact; this leads inevitably to relativism, tying us to particular cultures and languages. Objectivity is to be sought, rather, by emphasizing the universally prescriptive character of moral language, which all cultures can share, and so using it to resolve their moral differences. An objective moral prescription, as Kant saw, is one upon which all rational thinkers can agree. |