Reason and Commitment

by Roger Trigg

Book Overview

Can we justify our most basic beliefs about morality, religion and the nature of the world? Can there be a rational and objective way of choosing between alternative societies, modes of life or world-views? Dr Trigg shows how philosophical analysis is relevant to these questions and criticizes the tendency to emphasize notions of commitment and convention at the expense of truth and reason. He draws parallels between issues that are often too isolated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521097843
• ISBN13: 9780521097840
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"