Moral relativism : a short introduction /
"The idea that concepts of 'rightness' and 'wrongness' vary from culture to culture, and that there is no such thing as an absolute moral code. Opening with a comprehensive definition of this controversial theory, the book examines all the arguments for and against moral rel...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oneworld,
2002.
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| Summary: | "The idea that concepts of 'rightness' and 'wrongness' vary from culture to culture, and that there is no such thing as an absolute moral code. Opening with a comprehensive definition of this controversial theory, the book examines all the arguments for and against moral relativism, from its implications for ethics to the role of human biology and the difficulty of separating cultural values from innate behaviour."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 227 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1851683054 |