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  title info:
    title: Thomas Reid and the defence of duty
  name:
    name part: Foster, James J. S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: stk
    date issued: 2024
    copyright date: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 207 pages ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Is morality a subjective matter, dependent on our desires and interests, or are there objective moral truths? And if the latter, can we explain the objectivity of morality without appeal to metaphysics, a robust teleology, or divine command? This book argues that we find just such an account of moral objectivity in Thomas Reid’s defense of duty. To make this case, this book provides an explanation of Reid’s way of philosophy and his reasons for rejecting moral subjectivism, presents Reid’s account of the concept, perception and motivational force of duty and responds to contemporary challenges of moral subjectivism and moral pessimism from the perspective of his moral philosophy. Further, this book argues that if Reid is correct, then there is an urgent need to reform current pedagogical practice and return to the teaching of practical ethics.
  note: James J.S. Foster.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Reid, Thomas
      name part: 1710-1796
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy, Scottish
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    topic: Duty
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  classification: B1538.E8 F67 2024
  classification: 192
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy
  identifier: 1474455344
  identifier: 9781474455343
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 230924
    record change date: 20240925132402.6
    record identifier: in00004789538