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Descriptive Ethics: What does Moral Philosophy Know about Morality?
Nora Hamalainen
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Description for Descriptive Ethics: What does Moral Philosophy Know about Morality?
Hardback. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
This book is an investigation into the descriptive task of moral philosophy. Nora Hamalainen explores the challenge of providing rich and accurate pictures of the moral conditions, values, virtues, and norms under which people live and have lived, along with relevant knowledge about the human animal and human nature. While modern moral philosophy has focused its energies on normative and metaethical theory, the task of describing, uncovering, and inquiring into moral frameworks and moral practices has mainly been left to social scientists and historians. Nora Hamalainen argues that this division of labour has detrimental consequences for moral philosophy and ... Read more
This book is an investigation into the descriptive task of moral philosophy. Nora Hamalainen explores the challenge of providing rich and accurate pictures of the moral conditions, values, virtues, and norms under which people live and have lived, along with relevant knowledge about the human animal and human nature. While modern moral philosophy has focused its energies on normative and metaethical theory, the task of describing, uncovering, and inquiring into moral frameworks and moral practices has mainly been left to social scientists and historians. Nora Hamalainen argues that this division of labour has detrimental consequences for moral philosophy and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137586162
SKU
V9781137586162
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About Nora Hamalainen
Nora Hamalainen is a docent (affiliated senior researcher) at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a research fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden, 2016-2017. She is the author of Literature and Moral Theory and has co-edited the volume Language, Ethics and Animal Life - Wittgenstein and Beyond (with Niklas Forsberg and Mikel Burley).
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