Needs and Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9687995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Duane Willard (University of Nebraska at Omaha, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-54 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300042281 |
| OpenAlex | W2027931902 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
It is not difficult to sympathize with the strong impulse among philosophers to attempt to explain, justify, and even define moral concepts in factual terms. For without some kind of grounding in the facts of human nature, we may be quite perplexed concerning what relevance moral concepts have to our actual decisions, actions, and social relationships. Put another way, without grounding moral concepts in facts we may be quite puzzled as to the connections between principles and practice, between the ideal and the actual. The history of ethical theory contains several serious efforts by various philosophers to provide factual grounding for moral concepts, efforts which we cannot here take up
Epistemology · Ideal (ethics) · Political science · Relevance (law) · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |