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100 1 _aVelleman, James David,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFoundations for moral relativism
_h[electronic resource] /
_cJ. David Velleman.
250 _aSecond expanded edition.
264 1 _bOpen Book Publishers,
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 144 pages)
500 _aAvailable through Open Book Publishers.
500 _aPrevious edition published: 2013.
504 _aIncludes bibliography (pages 129-135) and index.
505 0 _aAcknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. Virtual Selves -- III. Morality Here and There ; 1. Kant among the Sherpas ; 2. Aristotle in Bali -- IV. Doables -- V. Foundations for Moral Relativism -- VI. Sociality and Solitude -- VII. Life Absurd? Don't Be Ridiculous -- Bibliography -- Index.
506 _aOpen access resource providing free access.
520 _a"In this new edition of 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 six 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, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy. "--Publisher's website.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
540 _aThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
650 0 _aEthical relativism.
710 2 _aOpen Book Publishers,
_epublisher.
856 4 0 _uhttp://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0086
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