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BL
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877444
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Marks, Joel.
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| Title & Author
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Ethics Without Morals.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken :: Taylor and Francis,, 2012.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
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1 online resource (146 pages).
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| ISBN
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1136202285
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: 9781136202285
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041563556X
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9780415635561
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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What is morality? -- Does morality exist? -- Would amorality be viable? -- Might amorality be preferable? -- Is amorality just another way of being moral? -- How shall we treat other animals?: a case study in applied amorality -- What is ethics?
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| Abstract
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In this volume, Marks offers a defense of amorality as both philosophically justified and practicably livable. In so doing, the book marks a radical departure from both the new atheism and the mainstream of modern ethical philosophy. While in synch with their underlying aim of grounding human existence in a naturalistic metaphysics, the book takes both to task for maintaining a complacent embrace of morality. Marks advocates wiping the slate clean of outdated connotations by replacing the language of morality with a language of desire. The book begins with an analysis of what morality is and th.
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Ethics.
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Ethics.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Ethics Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Social.
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| Dewey Classification
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170
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BJ1031 .M3153 2013
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