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Value and context [electronic resource] : the nature of moral and political knowledge / Alan Thomas.

By: Thomas, Alan, Dr.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006Description: viii, 347 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Ethics | Political science -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 170/.42 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Part I : Moral knowledge and moral reasons -- The problem of moral knowledge -- The case for cognitivism -- Values, norms, and the practical -- Internal reasons and contractualist impartiality -- Part II : Norm-expressivism and non-objectivism -- A critique of expressivism -- Non-objectivism and internal realism -- Part III : Contextualist moral justification -- Epistemological contextualism -- A contextual model of moral justification -- Tradition based moral enquiry -- Moral belief and the possibility of error -- Part IV : Contextualism in political philosophy -- Political liberalism and contextualism -- Political liberalism and civic Republicanism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-339) and index.

Part I : Moral knowledge and moral reasons -- The problem of moral knowledge -- The case for cognitivism -- Values, norms, and the practical -- Internal reasons and contractualist impartiality -- Part II : Norm-expressivism and non-objectivism -- A critique of expressivism -- Non-objectivism and internal realism -- Part III : Contextualist moral justification -- Epistemological contextualism -- A contextual model of moral justification -- Tradition based moral enquiry -- Moral belief and the possibility of error -- Part IV : Contextualism in political philosophy -- Political liberalism and contextualism -- Political liberalism and civic Republicanism.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.