240 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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Scepticism about morality is as old as morality itself. Philosophers have attacked the `singular institution' of morality, but have these sceptics correctly identified their target? In this book a descriptive metaphysics of morals is presented, revealing how philosophical critics have consistently misidentified the institution of morality. Mark Platts' influential first book Ways of Meaning argued... Read more
Preface Introduction Part One 1 Misconceptions of desire 2 The distinctions of desire 3 Values Part Two 4 Fact and action in Hume’s moral theory 5 The reach of morality 6 Morality’s critics
Biography
Mark Platts
'This is an impressive book: One cannot but admire its subtlety of argument, its scope and the complex interrelations between its different parts.' - Philsophical Quarterly
