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xix, 390 pages ; 22 cm This classic work in the field was originally published by Regnery Gateway in 1983. "This is a serious, learned, and searching exploration of some of the most difficult questions which have ever concerned the human mind. It is also toughminded in the sense that it recognizes all the difficulties, begs no questions, offers no easy solutions and, unlike conventional protests against modern scepticism, makes no plea for a leap in the dark to an unexamined faith.") Joseph Wood Krutch, from the Introduction Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index Introduction : moral philosophy is a "practical science" -- Mores and morals -- The interest theory -- The postulational theory of morality -- The instrumentalist moral theory -- The Freudian theory of conscience -- The resolution of a moral perplexity -- The ground and the source of moral authority -- The justification of a moral decision -- The discovery of the ethical -- The primacy of the person

Author

Eliseo Vivas

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

1950

Language

EN

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24