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Facts and Values, and Norms [electronic resource]: Essays Toward a Morality of Consequence.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in PhilosophyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press March 2003.Description: 408 p. 22.800 x 015.200 cmISBN:
  • 9780521416979
  • 0521416973 (Trade Cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 21
Online resources: Summary: Annotation We struggle daily with the notions of why we do what we do and of assigning values to our actions, although it seems possible through experience to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can objectivity and accuracy be applied to values and morality? Peter Railton's study reveals how a naturalistically informed view of the world might incorporate objective values and moral knowledge.
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Annotation We struggle daily with the notions of why we do what we do and of assigning values to our actions, although it seems possible through experience to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can objectivity and accuracy be applied to values and morality? Peter Railton's study reveals how a naturalistically informed view of the world might incorporate objective values and moral knowledge.

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