The Roots of Morality

by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone

Book Overview

This book argues the case for a foundationalist ethics centrally based on an empirical understanding of human nature. For Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, "an ethics formulated on the foundations of anything other than human nature, hence on anything other than an identification of pan-cultural human realities, lacks solid empirical moorings. It easily loses itself in isolated hypotheticals, reductionist scenarios, or theoretical abstractions--in the prisoner's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271033932
• ISBN13: 9780271033938
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"