Ethical Project

by Philip Kitcher

Book Overview

Principles of right and wrong guide the lives of almost all human beings, but we often see them as external to ourselves, outside our own control. In a revolutionary approach to the problems of moral philosophy, Philip Kitcher makes a provocative proposal: Instead of conceiving ethical commands as divine revelations or as the discoveries of brilliant thinkers, we should see our ethical practices as evolving over tens of thousands of years, as members...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674284283
• ISBN13: 9780674284289
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"