Between Universalism and Skepticism: Ethics as Social Artifact

by Michael Philips

Philips defends a middle ground between the view that there is a set of standards binding on rational beings as such (universalism) and the view that differences in morals reduce ultimately to matters of taste (skepticism). He begins with a sustained critique of universalist moral theories and some familiar approaches to concrete moral questions that presuppose them (most appeals to intuitions, respect for person's moralities, and versions of contractarianism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086465
• ISBN13: 9780195086461
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"