Moral Prejudices: Essays on Ethics
Harvard University Press, 1994
Paper: 978-0-674-58716-8 | Cloth: 978-0-674-58715-1
Library of Congress Classification BJ1031.B254 1994
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
Paper: 978-0-674-58716-8 | Cloth: 978-0-674-58715-1
Library of Congress Classification BJ1031.B254 1994
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Annette Baier delivers an appeal for our fundamental moral notions to be governed not by rules and codes but by trust: a moral prejudice. Along the way, she gives us the best feminist philosophy there is. Baier’s topics range from violence to love, from cruelty to justice, and are linked by a preoccupation with vulnerability and inequality of vulnerability, with trust and distrust of equals, with cooperation and isolation. Throughout, she is concerned with the theme of women’s roles. In this provocative exploration of the implications of trusting to trust rather than proscription, Baier interweaves anecdote and autobiography with readings of Hume and Kant to produce an entertaining, challenging, and highly readable book.
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