Moral animals : ideals and constraints in moral theory /

'Moral Animals' offers a brand new approach to moral theory. Drawing on anthropology, sociology and evolutionary theory, as well as philosophy of language and philosophy of science, Catherine Wilson shows how to understand and reconcile our moral aspirations for a just world with the const...

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Main Author: Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Moral Animals' offers a brand new approach to moral theory. Drawing on anthropology, sociology and evolutionary theory, as well as philosophy of language and philosophy of science, Catherine Wilson shows how to understand and reconcile our moral aspirations for a just world with the constraints human nature places on us.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-312) and index.
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