TY - BOOK ID - 7690109 TI - Foundations for moral relativism AU - Velleman, James David. AU - Open Book Publishers PY - 2013 SN - 1909254452 2821854005 1909254444 1909254460 9781909254466 9781909254473 9781909254480 1909254479 PB - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Ethical relativism. KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Ethics KW - Moral relativism KW - Relativism, Ethical KW - Relativity (Ethics) KW - Ethics, Evolutionary KW - morality KW - ethics KW - philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7690109 AB - "In Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes”. The five self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, Foundations for Moral Relativism presupposes no prior training in philosophy."--Publisher's website. ER -