Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources : : On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics /

Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources : : On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics / / Arto Laitinen.

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Charles Taylor (1931- ) is one of the leading living philosophers. This is the first extended study on the key notions of his views in philosophical anthropology and ethical theory. Firstly, Laitinen clarifies, qualifies and defends Taylor's thesis that transcendental arguments show that person...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Laitinen, Arto,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 86
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Physical Description:1 online resource (385 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. What is strong evaluation? A reading and
  • reconstruction of Taylor’s central concept
  • 2. Human agents as strong evaluators
  • 3. Personhood as strongly valued: a strong
  • evaluator as an end in itself
  • 4. Does identity consist of strong
  • evaluations?
  • 5. The engaged view and the reality of
  • value
  • 6. Diversity and universality
  • 7. Does moral reality need sources?
  • 8. Evaluative beliefs and knowledge
  • 9. Moral realism and personal variations
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Backmatter

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