"The Scope of Morality " was first published in 1980. Minnesota
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The scope of morality, Peter A. French contends, is much
narrower than many traditional and contemporary works in ethical
theory suggest. We trivialize morality if we think it has something
to say about everything we do; it touches us all, but not at all
times.
This essay in philosophical ethics focuses upon the origin,
purpose, and function of the various concepts to be found in a more
or less mature morality. The author draws a distinction between
moral concepts that arise from an individual's wish to live a
worthwhile life and those directed towards the development of
virtue in the moral community. Moral concepts, in his view, are
subjective creations of human beings rather than laws with an
objective basis in nature. The ethics of sociobiology, of the
lifeboat and spaceship models, and of game theory all come under
his critical eye in this useful and progressive work. "The Scope of
Morality," says Hector-Neri Castaneda, "represents a serious effort
at discussing the nature of morality, taking into account the most
important contributions of recent writers."
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