Truth and normativity :: an inquiry into the basis of everyday moral claims /

By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political violence imply that the modern democratic polis might also be morally unjustifiable. In...

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1. Verfasser: Brassington, Iain
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
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Zusammenfassung:By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political violence imply that the modern democratic polis might also be morally unjustifiable. In exploring this problem, Brassington identifies a tension between the primary values of truth and normativity in the standard accounts of moral theory.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 186 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.
ISBN:9780754684541
0754684547

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