Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy: David Wong and His Critics

[...]there is the accommodation thesis, which holds that any adequate morality will have to include the value of accommodation of moral disagreement, which is to say the commitment to "supporting noncoercive and constructive relations with others although they have ethical beliefs that conflict...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophy East and West 2016, Vol.66 (4), p.1381-1385
1. Verfasser: Sullivan, Ian M.
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:[...]there is the accommodation thesis, which holds that any adequate morality will have to include the value of accommodation of moral disagreement, which is to say the commitment to "supporting noncoercive and constructive relations with others although they have ethical beliefs that conflict with one's own" (ibid., p. 64). [...]there is the functions thesis, which holds that an adequate morality will promote and regulate cooperative social activity and beneficially transform the natural propensities of human beings (Wong 2006, p. 40).
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1529-1898