Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore, Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them. These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as those that govern mathematics or the ...(展开全部)

Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore, Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them. These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as those that govern mathematics or the ...(展开全部)

Jonas Olson presents a critical survey of moral error theory, the view that there are no moral facts and so all moral claims are false. In Part I (History), he explores the historical context of the debate, and discusses the moral error theories of David Hume and of some more or less influential twentieth century philosophers, including Axel Hägerström, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig...(展开全部)

Jonas Olson presents a critical survey of moral error theory, the view that there are no moral facts and so all moral claims are false. In Part I (History), he explores the historical context of the debate, and discusses the moral error theories of David Hume and of some more or less influential twentieth century philosophers, including Axel Hägerström, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig...(展开全部)

“Moral realism” is a family of theories of morality united by the idea that there are moral facts—facts about what is right or wrong or good or bad—and that morality is not simply a matter of personal preferences, emotions, attitudes, or sociological conventions. The fundamental thought underlying moral realism can be expressed as a parity thesis. There are many kinds of facts,...(展开全部)

约翰·格雷，英国当代有名政治哲学家，1948年生于英国南希尔兹，毕业于牛津大学，先后任教于埃塞克斯大学、牛津大学、伦敦政治经济学院，曾任哈佛大学、耶鲁大学访问教授等。根据英国《展望》杂志2015年出炉的“年度全球思想家”名单，约翰·格雷名列第九，仅次于尤尔根·哈贝马斯和丹尼尔·卡尼曼。 他的研究涉及政治思想史与当代政治哲学的广泛领域，其著作除了已有中译本的《伯林》、《自由主义的两张面孔》、《伪黎明：全球资本主义的幻象》、《自由主义》、《密尔论自由》(与史密斯合编的文集)以外，还有《政治哲学中的自由概念》、《哈耶克论自由》、《自由主义种种：政治哲学论文集》等。

Mill on Liberty was first published in 1983 and has become a classic of Mill commentary. The second edition reproduces the text of the first in full, and in paperback for the first time. To this, John Gray adds an extensive postscript which defends the interpretation of Mill set out in the first edition, but develops radical criticisms of the substance of Millian and other libe...(展开全部)

Jocelyn Benoist argues for a philosophical point of view that prioritizes the concept of reality. The human mind’s attitudes toward reality, he posits, both depend on reality and must navigate within it. Refusing the path of metaphysical realism, which would make reality an object of speculation in itself, independent of any reflection on our ways of approaching it or thinking ...(展开全部)

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-194...(展开全部)

A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration o...(展开全部)