Two Views of Virtue : Absolute Relativism and Relative Absolutism. - Centore, F. F. (New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2000)
The Tragedy of Absolute Relativism Three -- THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE THIRD THEORY -- The Is and the Ought -- REALITY CHECK -- Maudlin Love -- A GRAND ILLUSION -- Good Intentions -- Misplaced Proportions -- FEMTHINK -- Religion and Gender -- God and Fatherhood -- It's My Body! -- DEFINITELY MAYBE -- Morality by Anticipation -- CREEPING CHAOS -- Rights and Duties -- Risky Business -- Secularist Snake Oil -- POLITICS AND ETHICS -- The Few and the Many -- There Are No Easy Answers Here -- The True Common Good -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4 Relative Absolutism: God Is the Measure -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSERVATIVE CHIC -- Pleasure and Happiness -- The Relativity of Relative Absolutism -- The Case of the Traffic Signals Explained -- It Is Wrong to Tell a Lie -- No Comment -- NO THEOCRACIES PLEASE -- Theology and Politics -- THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF RELATIVE ABSOLUTISM -- God and Creation -- Distinctions-R-Us -- The Hierarchy of Species -- The Meaning of Good -- Russell's Dilemma -- An Attempted Compromise -- The Harmony of Natural Moral Law and Civil Law -- Morality and Human Nature -- Summary -- MORAL PROGRESS -- Change and Adaptation -- ECONOMICS AND ETHICS -- The Conditions for Rational Decisionmaking -- Long-Term Economic Planning -- Super Predators -- THE RIGHT STUFF -- The Head and the Heart -- Genuine Democracy -- Will the True Moderate Please Stand Up -- Taking Liberties with Voltaire -- Absolutism-Phobia -- Perry Mason to the Rescue -- CONCLUSION -- Universal Human Rights -- Justice for All -- Notes -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: ABSOLUTE RELATIVISM ONE -- CHAPTER 2: ABSOLUTE RELATIVISM TWO -- CHAPTER 3: ABSOLUTE RELATIVISM THREE -- CHAPTER 4: RELATIVE ABSOLUTISM -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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