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Author:
Kellenberger, James.
Title:
Moral relativism : a dialogue / J. Kellenberger.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
x, 95 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Ethical relativism
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-89) and index.
Contents:
Subjectivism, some cultural differences, and cultural moral relativism -- A remembered incident, human rights as a "higher standard," and arguments against cultural moral relativism -- More on "higher standards," arguments against subjectivism, why Maria is not a cultural moral relativist, and manners versus morality -- Tolerance, conscience, moral universals, ethnocentrism, and moral absolutes -- Modified cultural moral relativism and qualified subjectivism -- Moral relativism versus moral absolutism, the determining type of moral relativism versus the varying type, Vishnu sums up, and different kinds of cultural differences revisited.
Series:
New dialogues in philosophy
ISBN:
0742547744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742547742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742547736 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742547735 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)184982472
LCCN:
2007050754
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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