_The Geography of Morals_ is a work of extraordinary ambition: an
indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive
dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral
economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of
the opportunities for self, social, and political improvement provided
by world philosophy. We live in multicultural, cosmopolitan worlds.
These worlds are distinctive moral ecologies in which people enact and
embody different lived philosophies and conceive of mind, morals, and
the meaning of life differently from the typical WEIRD -- Western,
Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic -- person. This is not a
predicament; it is an opportunity. Many think that cross cultural
understanding is useful for developing a modus vivendi where people
from different worlds are not at each other's throats and tolerate
each other. Flanagan presses the much more exciting possibility that
cross-cultural philosophy provides opportunities for exploring the
varieties of moral possibility, learning from other traditions, and
for self, social, and political improvement. There are ways of
worldmaking in other living traditions -- Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist,
Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Amerindian, and African -- that citizens in
Western countries can benefit from. Cross-cultural learning is
protection against what Alasdair MacIntyre refers to as being
"imprisoned by one's upbringing." Flanagan takes up perennial topics
of whether there is anything to the idea of a common human nature,
psychobiological sources of human morality, the nature of the self,
the role of moral excellence in a good human life, and whether and how
empirical inquiry into morality can contribute to normative ethics.
_The Geography of Morals _exemplifies how one can respectfully
conceive of multiculturalism and global interaction as providing not
only opportunities for business and commerce, but also opportunities
for socio-moral and political improvement on all sides. This is a book
that aims to change how normative ethics and moral psychology are
done.
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ISBN
9780190212179
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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