Reason and ethics : the case against objective value /

Reason and Ethics defends the theoretical claim that all values are subjective and the practical claim that human affairs can be conducted fruitfully in full awareness of this. Joel Marks goes beyond his previous work defending moral skepticism to question the existence of all objective values. This...

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Main Author: Marks, Joel, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 7.
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