TY  - BOOK
AU  - Velleman,James David
ED  - Open Book Publishers,
TI  - Foundations for moral relativism
SN  - 9781909254466
PB  - Open Book Publishers
KW  - Ethical relativism
N1  - Available through Open Book Publishers; Includes bibliography (pages 99-104) and index; Acknowledgments  -- I. Introduction  -- II. Virtual Selves  -- III. Doables  -- IV. Foundations for Moral Relativism  -- V. Sociality and Solitude  -- VI. Life Absurd? Don't Be Ridiculous -- Bibliography -- Index; Open access resource providing free access
N2  - "In Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes". The five self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, Foundations for Moral Relativism presupposes no prior training in philosophy."--Publisher's website
UR  - http://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0029
UR  - http://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/cover/181 
ER  -