Good and evil : an absolute conception / Raimond Gaita
- Author
- Gaita, Raimond, 1946-
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Evil and unconditional respect -- The scope of academic moral philosophy -- Mortal men and rational beings -- Remorse and its lessons -- Evil done and evil suffered -- Naturalism -- Modalities -- Meaning -- Individuality -- 'An attitude towards a soul -- Goodness -- Ethical other-worldliness -- The repudiation of morality -- Ethics and politics -- Moral understanding -- Truth -- Fearless thinkers and evil thoughts.
- Summary
- In Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Raimond Gaita draws moral philosophy away from the academic study of ethics and considers instead how real people actually talk and feel about morality, using good and evil as examples.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0203489128 (electronic bk.)
9780203489123 (electronic bk.)
1134319029
9781134319022
1844263266
9781844263264
1134319037
9781134319039
1280064358
9781280064357
0415332893 (Paper) - Note
- Previous edition: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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