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The quest for moral foundations :

Brown, Montague, 1952-

The quest for moral foundations : an introduction to ethics / Montague Brown. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1996. - 1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index.).

Anything goes : relativism -- Do what you feel : emotionism -- Me first : egoism and the social contract -- All's well that ends well : utilitarianism -- Duty calls : Kant's formalism. Determination or freedom. Practical reasm -- Do good and avoid evil : natural law. Freedom and natural law -- Retrospective and reevaluation. Utilitarian theory. Social contact theory. Egoism. Emotionism. Relativism. Natural law and pluralism. Historicism -- Ethics and religion revisited. Ethics derived from religion. Religion as an ethical obligation. Moral importance of religion. Epilogue: To care or not to care.


English.

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Ethics.
PHILOSOPHY--Social.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

BJ1012 / .B737 1996eb

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