Ethics: What We Still Know After a Skeptical Age
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Modern philosophers rejected classical ethics because they believed in the logical principle that we cannot derive "ought statements" from "is statements." This book shows that this logical principle if false. You can derive "ought statements" from teleological "is statements," statements about function, goal, or purpose. In reality, philosophers rejected classical ethics because they rejected Aristotle's teleological view of nature. In the seventeenth...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0978872835
ISBN13:9780978872830
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Preservation Institute
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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