How to Defend Humane Ideals
Substitutes for Objectivity
One of the principal moral and psychological problems of our time is whether humane ideals can be defended. Loss of faith in the objectivity of ethics has encouraged a sense of hopelessness. The notion that no ideal is better than any other, that a humane commitment has no rational advantage over Nietzsche's contempt for ordinary people, has been accused of leaving our civilization without self-confidence or a purpose. James R. Flynn rejects attempts to salvage ethical objectivity as futile and counterproductive. Instead, he uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. He then uses modern soc…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8032-1795-9
- EAN: 9780803217959
- Produktnummer: 3703297
- Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.5 cm 310 g
- Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
- Gewicht: 310
Über den Autor
A professor emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, James R. Flynn is the author of Asian Americans: Achievement beyond IQ and Race, IQ, and Jensen. He has been profiled in Scientific American, and his research has been reviewed in Nature and Newsweek.
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