Moral Differences: Truth, Justice, and Conscience in a World of Conflict - Brossura

Miller, Richard W.

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ISBN 10: 0691020922 ISBN 13: 9780691020921

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 2006

Riassunto

In a wide-ranging inquiry Richard W. Miller provides new resources for coping with the most troubling types of moral conflict: disagreements in moral conviction, conflicting interests, and the tension between conscience and desires. Drawing on most fields in philosophy and the social sciences, including his previous work in the philosophy of science, he presents an account of our access to moral truth, and, within this framework, develops a theory of justice and an assessment of the role of morality in rational choice. In Miller's view, we are often in a position to claim that our moral judgments are true descriptions of moral facts. But others, relying on contrary ways of moral learning, would reject truths that we are in a position to assert, in dissent that does not depend on irrationality or ignorance of relevant evidence or arguments. With this mixed verdict on "moral realism," Miller challenges many received views of rationality, scientific method, and the relation between moral belief and moral choice. In his discussion of justice, Miller defends the adequacy, for modern political choices, of a widely shared demand that institutions be freely and rationally acceptable to all. Drawing on social research and economic theories, he argues that this demand has dramatically egalitarian consequences, even though it is a premise of liberals and conservatives alike. In the final chapters, Miller investigates the role and limits of morality in the choice of conduct, arguing for new perspectives on reason and impartiality.

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"This sophisticated book addresses issues currently at the center of debate in moral and political philosophy.... Moral Differences is challenging and impressive."--Philosophical Review

Contenuti

	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	3
I	The Motivation for The Theory of Demonstration	7
II	The Approach to the Principles	21
III	The Kinds of Principles	36
IV	The Subject Genus	50
V	The Subordinate Sciences	64
VI	Axioms or Common Principles	68
VII	Definitions, I: The Per Se	80
VIII	Scientific Essences	103
IX	Definitions, II: Form and Content	111
X	Existence Claims	122
XI	Aristotle's Principles and Greek Mathematics	133
XII	Aristotle's Demonstrations and Euclid's Elements	144
XIII	The Varieties of Demonstration, I: Universal Subject-Attribute Demonstrations	164
XIV	The Varieties of Demonstration, II: Application Arguments	177
XV	The Varieties of Demonstration, III: Demonstrations of Existence	188
XVI	Demonstration of Essence: Another Form of Scientific Proof?	198
XVII	Scientific Explanation	209
XVIII	Our Knowledge of the Principles	235
	Notes	273
	Bibliography	309
	Index Locorum	321
	General Index	335

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691020922
• ISBN 13: 9780691020921
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 406
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile