This book argues that self-righteous moralism has replaced religion as a source of embattled and gratuitous certainties. High-minded moral convictions invoke the authority of sacred moral truths; but there are no such truths. In reality, moral passions are rooted in atavistic emotional dispositions and arbitrary social conventions.
This book argues that self-righteous moralism has replaced religion as a source of embattled and gratuitous certainties. High-minded moral convictions invoke the authority of sacred moral truths; but there are no such truths. In reality, moral passions are rooted in atavistic emotional dispositions and arbitrary social conventions.
Ronald de Sousa, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, was born in Switzerland and educated at New College, Oxford (BA) and Princeton (PhD). He is the author of The Rationality of Emotion (1987), Why Think? Evolution and the Rational Mind (2007), Emotional Truth (2011), and Love: A Very Short Introduction (2015). A number of his interviews and debates are available on Youtube.
Inhaltsangabe
ONE: INTRODUCTION TWO: FOUR ANSWERS TO WHY QUESTIONS THREE: THREE MORE ANSWERS TO WHY QUESTIONS FOUR: MORAL SYSTEMS TEND TO BE TOTALISING FIVE: TWO FRAMEWORKS FOR REASONS SIX: DOUBLE COUNTING SEVEN: THE BLACK HOLE OF FOUNDATIONAL DISPUTES EIGHT: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN AMORALIST?
ONE: INTRODUCTION TWO: FOUR ANSWERS TO WHY QUESTIONS THREE: THREE MORE ANSWERS TO WHY QUESTIONS FOUR: MORAL SYSTEMS TEND TO BE TOTALISING FIVE: TWO FRAMEWORKS FOR REASONS SIX: DOUBLE COUNTING SEVEN: THE BLACK HOLE OF FOUNDATIONAL DISPUTES EIGHT: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN AMORALIST?
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