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Routledge
348 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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In Ethical Judgment, Abraham Edel makes clear the part played by biological and social scientific information in ethical judgment and moral action using psychological, anthropological, and economic materials as well as historical studies. Edel suggests that many controversies in ethical theory have emerged because different ethical theories made different scientific assumptions. In the almost... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Part I. Ethical Relativity: Background and Analysis, I. What Is Ethical Relativity, II. Barriers and Tools: Conscience, Moral Law and Reason, III. Barriers and Tools: The Spectre of the Stubborn Man, IV. The Nature and Sources of Indeterminacy, Part II. What the Human Sciences Can Offer, V. Biological Perspectives, VI. Psychological Perspectives, VII. Cultural and Social Perspectives, VIII. Historical Perspectives, Part III. Towards A Common Ethic, IX. The Theory of the Valuational Base, Index
Biography
Abraham Edel, a distinguished American moral and social philosopher, is research professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his numerous books are The Theory and Practice of Philosophy, Science and the Structure of Ethics, and Aristotle and His Philosophy.
