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The nature of morality : an introduction to ethics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harman, Gilbert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [1977].
Subjects:
Ethics.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The problem with ethics
  • 1. Ethics and observation
  • 2. Nihilism and naturalism
  • Part II: Emotivism
  • 3. Emotivism as moderate nihilism
  • 4. Emotivism as the ideal observer theory
  • Part III: The moral law
  • 5. Society and superego
  • 6. Laws of reason
  • 7. Personal principles
  • 8. Custom and relativity
  • Part IV: Reasons and conventions
  • 9. Conventions
  • 10. Reasons
  • 11. A naturalistic theory of reasons
  • Part V: Oneself and others
  • 12. Egoism
  • 13. Utilitarianism.