The Elements of Moral Philosophy
- ISBN-10
- 1264931425
- ISBN-13
- 9781264931422
- Series
- The Elements of Moral Philosophy
- Category
- Ethics
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2023
- Author
- Stuart Rachels
Description
"Moral philosophy is the study of what morality is and what it requires of us. As Socrates said, it's about "how we ought to live"-and why. It would be helpful if we could begin with a simple, uncontroversial definition of what morality is. Unfortunately, we cannot. There are many rival theories, each expounding a different conception of what it means to live morally, and any definition that goes beyond Socrates's simple formula-tion is bound to offend at least one of them. This should make us cautious, but it need not paralyze us. In this chapter, I will describe the "minimum conception" of morality"--
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