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Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity

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Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity
AuthorGilbert Harman, Judith Jarvis Thomson
LanguageEnglish
Subjectmoral relativism
Published1996
PublisherBasil Blackwell
Media typePrint
Pages240
ISBN978-0-631-19211-4

Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity is a 1996 book by Gilbert Harman and Judith Jarvis Thomson, in which Harman tries to provide a defense of moral relativism and Thomson tries to refute it.

Reception

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The book was reviewed by L. Gordon Graham, Simon Blackburn, Margaret Gilbert and Hans Oberdiek.[1][2][3][4] Michael A. Smith calls it "an introduction to meta-ethics of the very best kind."

References

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  1. ^ Blackburn, Simon (1998). "Review of Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 58 (1): 195–198. doi:10.2307/2653640. ISSN 0031-8205.
  2. ^ Oberdiek, Hans (1 April 1996). "Moral relativism and moral objectivity". Choice Reviews Online. 33 (08): 33–4427–33-4427. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.33-4427.
  3. ^ Graham, Gordon (October 1996). "Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity by Gilbert Harman and Judith Jarvis Thomson Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1996, x+225pp. £40.00, £12.99". Philosophy. 71 (278): 622–624. doi:10.1017/S0031819100053547. ISSN 1469-817X.
  4. ^ Gilbert, Margaret (1999). "Review of Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity". Noûs. 33 (2): 295–303. ISSN 0029-4624.
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