Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty: A Study of Thick Concepts in Ethics

by Pekka Vayrynen

In addition to thin concepts like the good, the bad and the ugly, our evaluative thought and talk appeals to thick concepts like the lewd and the rude, the selfish and the cruel, the courageous and the kind -- concepts that somehow combine evaluation and non-evaluative description. Thick concepts are almost universally assumed to be inherently evaluative in content, and many philosophers claimed them to have deep and distinctive significance in ethics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190262176
• ISBN13: 9780190262174
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"