Moral Powers: Normative Necessity in Language and History

ISBN-13: 9780367476519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 214 str.

Anthony Holiday

Opis

Originally published in 1986, this book subverts an attitude towards the moral dimension of life which the author terms ‘ethical cynicism’. It discusses a theory of moral powers – a theory which shows that moral values are immensely potent sources of power.

Spis treści

1. Necessity in Wittgensteinian Semantics 2. Semantic Necessity as Moral Necessity 3. Historical Necessity 4. Values in History.

O autorze

Anthony Holiday