TY  - BOOK
AU  - J. Velleman, David
AB  - In this new edition of Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, ""moral black holes”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy.
DO  - 10.11647/OBP.0086
ID  - OAPEN ID: 646672
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 945783366
KW  - moral relativism
KW  - ethics
KW  - social philosophy
KW  - moral disagreement
KW  - metaethics
KW  - perspectivalism
KW  - moral philosophy
KW  - Immanuel Kant
KW  - Morality
KW  - Sherpa people
KW  - Virtual world
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/eeaa4f89-dc6b-470a-a442-d060ed2f6e77/646672.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30329
PB  - Open Book Publishers
PY  - 2015
SN  - 9781783740321
TI  - Foundations for Moral Relativism : Second Expanded Edition
ER  - 
