From Meta-Ethics to Ethics: An Overview of R. M. Hare's Moral Philosophy

by Eleni Kalokairinou and Helenae Kalokairinou

This book brings out the way in which the twentieth century philosopher R. M. Hare has attempted to break the deadlock to which his contemporary moral theories had been led, i.e. irrationalism and relativism. Taking his point of departure from these theories, he suggests that the logical rules we reach from the linguistic analysis of moral language can have implications on the normative level, which in their form are in agreement with the principle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631364814
• ISBN13: 9783631364819
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"