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Moral Philosophy 1945–1980

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Essays on Philosophy in Australia

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Moral philosophy has been a major part of the teaching and research effort in Australian Universities. A search of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy alone reveals close to one hundred and fifty contributions on moral philosophy between 1939 and 1988. For half this time the establishment of philosophy was very small since the expansion of the Universities did not start until the sixties. There was as well, at least in some places, a considerable reluctance to publish. It is true that many of the authors of the one hundred and fifty contributions were not Australian. On the other hand the figure underestimates the Australian effort because it leaves out the books, the articles in foreign journals, and the ephemera.

My thanks are due to Jack Blankley for assistance with research for this chapter. I have tried to confine myself to the time span allotted me and have generally ignored journal articles in favour of books.

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Scarlett, B. (1992). Moral Philosophy 1945–1980. In: Srzednicki, J.T.J., Wood, D. (eds) Essays on Philosophy in Australia. Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8006-9_4

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