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Sorting Out Ethics
Contributor(s): Hare, R. M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0198237278     ISBN-13: 9780198237273
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $103.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 1998
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 170
LCCN: 97008001
Lexile Measure: 1230
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.56" W x 8.3" L (0.77 lbs) 208 pages
 
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Sorting Out Ethics is a characteristically lucid and lively survey of rival ethical theories by one of the most influential moral philosophers of the century. It also constitutes a definitive summary of Hare's own fundamental ethical position. The book's main theme is that objectivity in
moral thinking is not to be sought by making moral questions into questions of fact; this leads inevitably to relativism, tying us to particular cultures and languages. Objectivity is to be sought, rather, by emphasizing the universally prescriptive character of moral language, which all cultures
can share, and so using it to resolve their moral differences. An objective moral prescription, as Kant saw, is one upon which all rational thinkers can agree.
 
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