Discourse and Knowledge: Defence of a Collectivist Ethics

by Janna Thompson

Ethical disagreement is a fact of social life. We disagree about issues such as abortion, euthanasia, the meaning of justice and the treatment of animals, and our debates often fail to reach a consensus. Some philosophers think that this means there is no objective knowledge about morality. Discourse and Knowledge takes a radically different approach to the defence of ethical rationality. It claims that there is a correct solution to ethical controversies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415185440
• ISBN13: 9780415185448
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary