Ronald De Sousa

Why It's OK to Be Amoral (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040165294
• Artikelnr.: 72286642

Autorenporträt

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?