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Moral Perception
By (Author) Robert Audi
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
7th May 2013
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
170.42
Hardback
200
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
340g
We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions--distinctively moral responses In this book, Robert Audi develops an original account of moral perceptions, shows how they figure in human experience, and argues that they provide moral knowledge. He offers a theory of
"[T]his excellent book furthers Audi's recent attempts to develop a modest form of moral intuitionism."--Choice
Robert Audi is John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His books include "Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character", "Moral Value and Human Diversity", "The Good in the Right" (Princeton), and "Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision".