|
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion
|
Buy Now
The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,458
Discovery Miles 44 580
|
|
|
The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Based on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas
Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a
massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the
possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral
life and of its conduct is no longer routinely available from the
social institutions long thought to be responsible for it. In this
sense, moral knowledge-as a publicly available resource for
living-has disappeared. Via a detailed survey of main developments
in ethical theory from the late 19th through the late 20th
centuries, Willard explains philosophy's role in this shift. In
pointing out the shortcomings of these developments, he shows that
the shift was not the result of rational argument or discovery, but
largely of arational social forces-in other words, there was no
good reason for moral knowledge to have disappeared. The
Disappearance of Moral Knowledge is a unique contribution to the
literature on the history of ethics and social morality. Its review
of historical work on moral knowledge covers a wide range of
thinkers including T.H Green, G.E Moore, Charles L. Stevenson, John
Rawls, and Alasdair MacIntyre. But, most importantly, it concludes
with a novel proposal for how we might reclaim moral knowledge that
is inspired by the phenomenological approach of Knud Logstrup and
Emmanuel Levinas. Edited and eventually completed by three of
Willard's former graduate students, this book marks the culmination
of Willard's project to find a secure basis in knowledge for the
moral life.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
