Morality and Social Criticism: The Force of Reasons in Discursive Practice

by R Amesbury, Richard Amesbury Professor, Richard Amesbury

In this book, Richard Amesbury brings recent developments in Anglo-American philosophy into engagement with dominant currents in contemporary European social theory in order to articulate a pragmatic account of moral criticism. Presented in a lively and accessible style that avoids technical jargon, Morality and Social Criticism argues that the objectivity of moral discourse can be preserved without recourse to the overweening philosophical ambitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349519251
• ISBN13: 9781349519255
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"