Moral Powers

Normative Necessity in Language and History
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-47647-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Originally published in 1986, this book subverts an attitude towards the moral dimension of life which the author terms ‘ethical cynicism’. It discusses a theory of moral powers – a theory which shows that moral values are immensely potent sources of power. The author argues that there is a conceptual affinity between the Wittgensteinian account of language and the Marxist theory of history such that the two complement and even require one another in various aspects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holiday, Anthony

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Necessity in Wittgensteinian Semantics 2. Semantic Necessity as Moral Necessity 3. Historical Necessity 4. Values in History.

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Holiday