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Foundations for Moral Relativism
J. David Velleman
2015
In this new edition of Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy.
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Keywords
- Ethics
- Ethics & moral philosophy
- Humanities
- Immanuel Kant
- Metaethics
- Moral Disagreement
- Moral Philosophy
- Moral Relativism
- morality
- Perspectivalism
- Philosophy
- Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Religion & beliefs
- Sherpa people
- Social & political philosophy
- Social Philosophy
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
- Virtual world
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DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0029Editions
