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Zusatztext a good book. Prinz has a roaming, eager mind that is fun to engage with, and his defense of sensibility theory is full of new resources that promise to invigorate the metaethical debate. On almost every page there is something to excite one's interest Informationen zum Autor Jesse Prinz is John J. Rogers Professor of Philosophy at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Klappentext Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality! which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses! and that these are inculcated by culture! not hard-wired through natural selection. These two claims support a form of moral relativism. Zusammenfassung Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. These two claims support a form of moral relativism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preamble: Naturalism and Hume's Law Part I. Morality and Emotion 1: Emotionism 2: Emotions: Nonmoral and Moral 3: Sensibility Saved 4: Against Objectivity Part II. Constructing Morals 5: Dining with Cannibals 6: The Genealogy of Morals 7: The Limits of Evolutionary Ethics 8: Moral Progress: Beyond Good and Evil?
