Value and Context

The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958727-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge, but that it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. His exposition of a 'cognitivist contextualism' in ethics and politics builds upon contemporary work in
epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory to fashion an argument that is relevant to current debates about culture, modernity, and relativism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Thomas is Senior Lecturer and Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent.