128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that moralism is a troublesome emotion of the sort one might seek help with from a psychotherapist. Its focus is on how to disabuse ourselves of the illusion that our values are objective, as well as how to manage the manifestations of its residual presence.
This thesis may seem odd at first blush because morality is commonly conceived as an antidote to our baser impulses.... Read more
Introduction: The Impulse of Morality
Part 1: The Rejection of Morality
1. Morality Does Not Exist
2. The Belief in Morality is Baneful
3. An Alternative to Morality
Part 2: The Recalcitrance of Morality
4. The Power of Illusion
Part 3: The Management of Morality
5. Learning to Walk the Talk
Conclusion: My Ethics
Appendix 1: Moral Management
Appendix 2: Book Series Promoting Amoralism
Bibliography
Biography
Joel Marks is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of New Haven and a Bioethics Center scholar at Yale University. His previous books include Ethics without Morals, Hard Atheism and the Ethics of Desire, and Reason and Ethics. His website is www.docsoc.com.
