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The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty. A Study of Thick Concepts in Ethics.
Pekka Vayrynen
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Paperback. Vayrynen argues that thick concepts - such as lewd and rude, selfish and cruel, courageous and kind - are evaluative only as a matter of pragmatics. If thick concepts are not inherently evaluative in meaning, they cannot have the deep and distinctive significance they are often given in moral philosophy. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
In addition to thin concepts like the good, the bad and the ugly, our evaluative thought and talk appeals to thick concepts like the lewd and the rude, the selfish and the cruel, the courageous and the kind -- concepts that somehow combine evaluation and non-evaluative description. Thick concepts are almost universally assumed to be inherently evaluative in content, and many philosophers claimed them to have deep and distinctive significance in ethics and metaethics. In this first book-length treatment of thick concepts, Pekka Väyrynen argues that all this is mistaken. Through detailed attention to the language of thick concepts, he ... Read more
In addition to thin concepts like the good, the bad and the ugly, our evaluative thought and talk appeals to thick concepts like the lewd and the rude, the selfish and the cruel, the courageous and the kind -- concepts that somehow combine evaluation and non-evaluative description. Thick concepts are almost universally assumed to be inherently evaluative in content, and many philosophers claimed them to have deep and distinctive significance in ethics and metaethics. In this first book-length treatment of thick concepts, Pekka Väyrynen argues that all this is mistaken. Through detailed attention to the language of thick concepts, he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Moral Theory
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190262174
SKU
V9780190262174
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About Pekka Vayrynen
Pekka Väyrynen is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Leeds
Reviews for The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty. A Study of Thick Concepts in Ethics.
Väyrynen provides a thorough and genuinely readable introduction to the philosophical significance of thick concepts, their relation to thin concepts and the separability of their components. He tells us
in a fashion that does justice to the ambitions of his predecessorswhat exactly turns on the detailed linguistic analysis that follows. Most notably, the relationship between thick concepts and the ... Read more
in a fashion that does justice to the ambitions of his predecessorswhat exactly turns on the detailed linguistic analysis that follows. Most notably, the relationship between thick concepts and the ... Read more