This volume presents two closely related essays by Thomas Nagel:
“Gut Feelings and Moral Knowledge” and “Moral Reality and
Moral Progress.” Both essays are concerned with moral
epistemology and our means of access to moral truth; both are
concerned with moral realism and with the resistance to
subjectivist and reductionist accounts of morality; and both are
concerned with the historical development of moral knowledge. The
second essay also proposes an account of the historical development
of moral truth, according to which it does not share the
timelessness of scientific truth. This is because moral truth must
be based on reasons that are accessible to the individuals to whom
they apply, and such accessibility depends on historical
developments. The result is that only some advances in moral
knowledge are discoveries of what has been true all along.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Thomas Nagel
(University Professor Emeritus)
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Dimensions: |
178 x 127mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-769088-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-769088-2 |
Barcode: |
9780197690888 |
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