Morality by Degrees by Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross argues that the basic judgments of morality are essentially comparative: alternatives are judged to be better or worse than each other. Notions such as right and wrong are not part of the fundamental subject matter of moral theory, but are constructed in a context-relative fashion out of the basic comparative judgments.
Alastair Norcross is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He obtained his BA in Classics from the University of Oxford and his PhD in Philosophy from Syracuse University. Subsequently he has worked at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Southern Methodist University, and Rice University. Norcross teaches and writes on ethical theory, in particular utilitarianism, and several areas of applied ethics, including issues relating to animals. He is the co-editor of Killing and Letting Die, Second Edition (Fordham 1994, with Bonnie Steinbock).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198844990 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198844999 |
| Title | Morality by Degrees |
| Author | Alastair Norcross |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2020-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 170 |
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