| Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge Contributor(s): Thomas, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198250177 ISBN-13: 9780198250173 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: In Value and Context Alan Thomas articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge but it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. In his exposition of "cognitive contextualism" in ethics and politics he makes wide-ranging use of contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Political Science |
| Dewey: 170.42 |
| LCCN: 2006017202 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.49" W x 9.2" (1.53 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Value and Context Alan Thomas articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge but it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. In his exposition of cognitive contextualism in ethics and politics he makes wide-ranging use of contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory. |
