David B Wong

Natural Moralities (eBook, PDF)

A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, David B. Wong defends an ambitious and important new version of moral relativism. He does not espouse the type of relativism that says anything goes, but he does start with a relativist stance against alternative theories such that there need not be only one universal truth. Wong proposes that there can be a plurality of true moralities existing across different traditions and cultures, all with one core human question as to how we can all live together.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199724840
• Artikelnr.: 38132661

Autorenporträt

David B. Wong is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Duke University. He has written in ethical theory on issues of relativism and dealing with moral conflict, comparative and Chinese philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: How Pluralism and Naturalism Make for Natural Moralities
1: Pluralism and Ambivalence
2: Pluralistic Relativism
3: Objections and Replies
Part Two: Constraints on Natural Moralities
4: Identity, Flourishing, and Relationship
5: Community and Liberal Theory
6: Does Psychological Realism Constrain the Content of Moralities?
Part Three: Having Confidence in Our Moral Commitments
7: Moral Reasons -- Internal and External
8: Morality and Need
9: Coping with Moral Difference
Bibliography