Emergence of Value - Human Norms in a Natural World

Argues that truth, moral right, political right, and aesthetic value may be understood as arising out of a naturalist account of humanity, if naturalism is rightly conceived.

About the author

Lawrence Cahoone is Professor of Philosophy at College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of The Orders of Nature; The Ends of Philosophy; and The Dilemma of Modernity: Philosophy, Culture, and Anti-Culture, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Cahoone
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2024
• EAN: 9781438494463
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9446-3
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Evolution, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Philosophy: logic