Common Morality: Deciding What to Do

Gert, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0195314212 / ISBN 13: 9780195314212

Published by Oxford University Press, 2007

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Synopsis:

Moral problems do not always come in the form of great social controversies. More often, the moral decisions we make are made quietly, constantly, and within the context of everyday activities and quotidian dilemmas. Indeed, these smaller decisions are based on a moral foundation that few of us ever stop to think about but which guides our every action.

Here distinguished philosopher Bernard Gert presents a clear and concise introduction to what he calls "common morality"--the moral system that most thoughtful people implicitly use when making everyday, common sense moral decisions and judgments. Common Morality is useful in that--while not resolving every disagreement on controversial issues--it is able to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable answers to moral problems.

About the Author: Bernard Gert is Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Dartmouth College. He is also the author of Morality: Its Nature and Justification, and co-author of Bioethics, and Morality and the New Genetics.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Common Morality: Deciding What to Do
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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