Compassionate Moral Realism
Author | : Colin Marshall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198809685 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198809689 |
Rating | : 4/5 (689 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Compassionate Moral Realism by : Colin Marshall
Download or read book Compassionate Moral Realism written by Colin Marshall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Marshall offers a ground-up defense of objective morality, in which the central role is played by compassion. Only compassion, Marshall argues, lets us be in touch with others' motivational mental properties. Compassionate Moral Realism offers a new answer to the question "Why be moral?", a central philosophical concern since Plato.