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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191533150 0191533157 0199228094 9780199228096 9780191601859 0191601853 1281190764 9781281190765 9786611190767 6611190767 1435621913 9781435621916 |