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Morality
About: Morality is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22623 publications have been published within this topic receiving 545733 citations. The topic is also known as: moral & morals.
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TL;DR: The Fall and Rise of America and the Moral Voice: The Moral Voice and the Implications of Human Nature as mentioned in this paper, and Pluralism Within Unity: The Final Arbiters of Community's Values.
Abstract: Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Preface: Virtue in a Free Society xiii
1 The Elements of a Good Society 3
2 Order and Autonomy? 34
3 The Fall and Rise of America 58
4 Sharing Core Values 85
5 The Moral Voice 119
6 The Implications of Human Nature 160
7 Pluralism Within Unity 189
8 The Final Arbiters of Community's Values 217
Notes 259
Index 307
684 citations
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24 Jun 1993
TL;DR: In this paper, Torben Hviid Nielsen discusses the Pragmatic, the Ethical, and the Moral Employments of Practical Reason in the context of Discourse Ethics and argues that to seek to Salvage an Unconditional Meaning without God is a futile undertaking.
Abstract: Preface. Translator's Note. Translator's Introduction. 1. On the Pragmatic, the Ethical, and the Moral Employments of Practical Reason. 2. Remarks on Discourse Ethics. 3. Lawrence Kohlberg and Neo-Aristotelianism. 4. To Seek to Salvage an Unconditional Meaning Without God Is a Futile Undertaking: Reflections on a Remark of Max Horkheimer. 5. Morality, Society, and Ethics: An Interview with Torben Hviid Nielsen. Notes. Index.
679 citations
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01 Jan 1887
TL;DR: On the Genealogy of Morality as discussed by the authors is a comprehensive history of morality and its relation to the history of the Greek state. But it is not a complete history of philosophy.
Abstract: Acknowledgements and a note on the text A note on the revised edition Editor's introduction: On Nietzsche's critique of morality Chronology Guide to further reading Biographical synopses On the Genealogy of Morality Supplementary material to On the Genealogy of Morality 'The Greek State' 'Homer's Contest' Index of names Index of subjects
676 citations
TL;DR: The author has provided a new Preface as discussed by the authors, in which he discusses the reception and influence of the work, which occupies a niche between philosophy and literary studies, and provides a new preface.
Abstract: The author has provided a new Preface, in which he discusses the reception and influence of the work, which occupies a niche between philosophy and literary studies.
674 citations
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02 Dec 2005
TL;DR: The Evolution of Morality as mentioned in this paper is one of the few books in this area written from the perspective of moral philosophy, with a focus on the evolution of moral thinking and its evolutionary origins.
Abstract: Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million years ago, or is it a cultural invention of more recent origin? In The Evolution of Morality, Richard Joyce takes up these controversial questions, finding that the evidence supports an innate basis to human morality. As a moral philosopher, Joyce is interested in whether any implications follow from this hypothesis. Might the fact that the human brain has been biologically prepared by natural selection to engage in moral judgment serve in some sense to vindicate this way of thinking -- staving off the threat of moral skepticism, or even undergirding some version of moral realism? Or if morality has an adaptive explanation in genetic terms -- if it is, as Joyce writes, "just something that helped our ancestors make more babies" -- might such an explanation actually undermine morality's central role in our lives? He carefully examines both the evolutionary "vindication of morality" and the evolutionary "debunking of morality," considering the skeptical view more seriously than have others who have treated the subject. Interdisciplinary and combining the latest results from the empirical sciences with philosophical discussion, The Evolution of Morality is one of the few books in this area written from the perspective of moral philosophy. Concise and without technical jargon, the arguments are rigorous but accessible to readers from different academic backgrounds. Joyce discusses complex issues in plain language while advocating subtle and sometimes radical views. The Evolution of Morality lays the philosophical foundations for further research into the biological understanding of human morality.
668 citations