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Morality, Normativity, and Society

Morality, Normativity, and Society

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PhilosophyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0195144015
ISBN13: 9780195144017
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 24 2001
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.23
Language: English
Moral claims not only assume to be true, but they also guide our choices. This fascinating book presents a new theory of normative judgment, the standard-based theory, which offers a schematic account of the truth conditions of normative propositions of all kinds, including moral propositions and propositions about reasons. Here, David Copp argues that because any society needs a social moral code in order to enable its members to live together successfully, and because it would be rational for a society to choose such a system, certain moral codes--and the standards they include--are justified. In this work, Copp raises a number of important issues in moral theory, as well as in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

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