Revisiting Universalism
This book begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a natural nature. This, it is claimed, is not the trivial thesis it is sometimes represented as being. Rather, significant moral consequences flow from the assumption that all human beings share a set of natural needs. Using this starting point, the book also seeks to defend an objectivist epistemology.
| Autor: | Assiter, A. |
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| ISBN: | 9781349430727 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 167 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.01.2003 |
| Schlagworte: | concept epistemology imagination knowledge monism morality nature pluralism |
ALISON ASSITER is Assistant Vice-Chancellor at the University of the West of England, UK, and Pro-Dean in the faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Science. She has previously worked in a number of other universities, in a range of roles. Her publications include: Enlightened Women (1996); Bad Girls, Dirty Pictures (co-editor with A. Carol, 1993); Althusser and Feminism (1990); and Pornography, Feminism and the Individual (1989).