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Value and Context

The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge

  • Hardback
  • 360 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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For students and scholars of ethics and political theory

Clarifies how knowledge of values varies by culture

You will gain a deeper understanding of moral reasoning

Explore the intricate relationship between moral values and cultural contexts with Alan Thomas's insightful work.

Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge, but that it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. His exposition of a 'cognitivist contextualism' in ethics and politics builds upon contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory to fashion an argument that is relevant to current debates about culture, modernity, and relativism.
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  • Title

    Value and Context

  • Author

    Alan Thomas (, Professor Of Ethics And Director Of The Centre For Ethics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    July 2006

  • Weight

    686g

  • Page Count

    360

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198250173

  • ISBN-10

    0198250177

  • Eden Code

    4562954

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