Moral Value and Human Diversity

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-537411-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 211 g

Can the moral fragmentation so prominent in the contemporary world be overcome? Are there ethical standards that deserve everyone's allegiance? Can judgments of value transcend taste and cultural preference? Moral Value and Human Diversity offers a brief but highly comprehensive introduction to ethics and value theory that argues for positive answers in a pluralistic framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Audi, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Major Ethical Views and the Dimensions of Value

- 1: Ethical Theory and the Moral Fragmentation of Modern Life

- 2: The Experience of Value: What Do We Value, and Why Should We Care?

- Part II: Human Diversity and the Ethical Challenges of Contemporary Life

- 3: Moral Pluralism and Cultural Relativity

- 4: Human Diversity and Democratic Institutions

- Conclusion

- Notes

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Audi is David E. Gallo Chair in Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is an internationally distinguished contributor to ethics, theory of knowledge, philosophy of action, and philosophy of religion. He has published numerous books and papers in these fields and lectures widely in these areas and, more recently, in business ethics. He is a past president of the American Philosophical Association.