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For more than thirty years, philosopher Bernard Gert has been developing and refining his distinctive and comprehensive moral theory. His classic work, The Moral A New Rational Foundation for Morality , was first published in 1970. In 1988, Oxford published a fourth revision titled A New Justification of the Moral Rules . In this final revision, Gert has produced the fullest and most sophisticated account of this influential theoretical model. Here, he makes clear that morality is an informal system that does not provide unique answers to every moral question but does always limit the range of morally acceptable options, and so explains why some moral disagreements cannot be resolved. The importance placed on the moral ideals also makes clear that the moral rules are only one part of the moral system. A chapter that is devoted to justifying violations of the rules illustrates how the moral rules are embedded in the system and cannot be adequately understood independently of it. The chapter on reasons includes a new account of what makes one reason better than another and elucidates the complex hybrid nature of rationality. Although Gert's moral theory is sophisticated, it is presen

Author

Gert, Bernard, 1934-; Gert, Bernard, 1934- Moral rules

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585162461

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities