Morality and Cultural Differences - Couverture souple

Cook, John W.

 
9780195158632: Morality and Cultural Differences
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195158636 ISBN 13 : 9780195158632
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1999

Synopsis

The scholars who defend or dispute moral relativism, the idea that a moral principle cannot be applied to people whose culture does not accept it, have concerned themselves with either the philosophical or anthropological aspects of relativism. This study shows that in order to arrive at a definitive appraisal of moral relativism, it is necessary to understand and investigate both its anthropological and philosophical aspects. Carefully examining the arguments for and against moral relativism, Cook exposes not only that anthropologists have failed in their attempt to support relativism with evidence of cultural differences, but that moral absolutists have been equally unsuccessful in their attempts to refute it. He argues that these conflicting positions are both guilty of an artificial and unrealistic view of morality and proposes a more subtle and complex account of morality.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The scholars who defend or dispute moral relativism, the idea that a moral principle cannot be applied to people whose culture does not accept it, have concerned themselves with either the philosophical or anthropological aspects of relativism. This study shows that in order to arrive at a definitive appraisal of moral relativism, it is necessary to understand and investigate both its anthropological and philosophical aspects. Carefully examining the arguments for and against moral relativism, Cook exposes not only that anthropologists have failed in their attempt to support relativism with evidence of cultural differences, but that moral absolutists have been equally unsuccessful in their attempts to refute it. He argues that these conflicting positions are both guilty of an artificial and unrealistic view of morality and proposes a more subtle and complex account of morality.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press USA
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195158636
ISBN 13 
9780195158632
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
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ISBN 10 :  0195126793 ISBN 13 :  9780195126792
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1999
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