The Moral Prism

  • Dorothy Emmet
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Morality as Contestable
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 1-17
  3. Political Morality
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 18-32
  4. The Moral Context of Science
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 33-41
  5. The Aesthetic Alternative
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    Pages 42-50
  6. Religion within the Bounds of Social Morality
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 51-61
  7. Religion as the Quest for Powers
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 62-72
  8. The Daemonic ‘Beyond Good and Evil’
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 73-82
  9. ‘The Will of God’
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    Pages 83-92
  10. Existentialist Choice
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 93-103
  11. Single-mindedness
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 104-114
  12. Social Morality Reconsidered
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 115-124
  13. Towards the Sovereignty of Good
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 125-146
  14. Metaphysical Postscript
    Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 147-158
  15. Back Matter
    Pages 159-173
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About this book

Keywords

ethics morality philosophy Prism

Authors and affiliations

  • Dorothy Emmet
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.University of ManchesterUK
  2. 2.Lucy Cavendish CollegeCambridgeUK
  3. 3.Lady Margaret HallOxfordUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81421-3
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1979
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-81423-7
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-81421-3
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