Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

by J. D. Mackie

Paperback, 1981

Status

Available

Call number

170

Collection

Publication

Pelican / Penguin (Non-Classics) (1981), Paperback, 256 pages

Description

An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an 'error theory' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don't exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical 'queerness' and the observation of cultural relativity.

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Original publication date

1977

Physical description

256 p.; 7.7 inches

ISBN

0140219579 / 9780140219579

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