| Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge Contributor(s): Thomas, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199587272 ISBN-13: 9780199587278 Publisher: Oxford University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Political |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 362 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge, but that it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. His exposition of a 'cognitivist contextualism' in ethics and politics builds upon contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory to fashion an argument that is relevant to current debates about culture, modernity, and relativism. |
