Ethical Norms, Particular Cases

by James D. Wallace

James D. Wallace treats moral considerations as beliefs about the right and wrong ways of doing things--beliefs whose source and authority are the same as any other kind of practical knowledge. Principles, rules, and norms arise from people's cumulative experience in pursuing their purposes and struggling with the problems they encounter. Moral knowledge, he contends, is excerpted from the bodies of information we have developed so that we will...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801432138
• ISBN13: 9780801432132
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher