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May 30, 2022 · An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an 'error theory' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don't exist.
Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong is a 1977 work of ethics by J. L. Mackie known for its espousal of moral skepticism and the argument from queerness.
- John Leslie Mackie
- 1977
J.L. Mackie. Penguin UK, Aug 30, 1990 - Philosophy - 256 pages. An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an 'error theory' based on...
May 17, 1991 · The first chapter of Mackie's Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong is the locus classicus for error theories in contemporary meta-ethics. There he argues that ordinary moral discourse and thought involve an assumption that there are what he calls "objective values," and that this assumption is false.
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Mar 1, 2010 · Ethics : inventing right and wrong. by. Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie) Publication date. 1978. Topics. Ethics. Publisher. Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books.
Aug 30, 1990 · He examines next the content of ethics, seeing morality as a functional device, basically the same at all times but changing significantly in response to changes in the human condition. He...
J. L. Mackie. Follow. Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong Kindle Edition. by J.L. Mackie (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 79 ratings. See all formats and editions. An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century.
- J.L. Mackie
