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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2009
      29 March 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511625091
      9780521497725
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511625091
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.333kg, 240 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
      Series:
      Modern European Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Modern European Philosophy
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    The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. Charles Larmore addresses this problem by attempting to define the way distinctive forms of modern experience should orientate our moral thinking. Charles Larmore wonders whether the dominant forms of modern philosophy have not become blind to important dimensions of the moral life.The book argues against recent attempts to return to the virtue-centered perspective of ancient Greek ethics. As well as exploring the differences between ancient and modern ethics, the author examines such topics as the roles of reason and history in our moral understanding, the inadequacy of philsophical naturalism, and the foundations of modern liberalism. There are also extended discussions of a number of leading contemporary philosophers: Rawls, Habermas, Williams and Rorty.

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    "...advances several important new proposals, especially regarding political liberalism and moral epistemology. The Morals of Modernity is a book rich in ideas." Joel Anderson, The Philosophical Review

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