How to think about moral issues? Richard Mervyn Hare’s concept
How to think about moral issues? Richard Mervyn Hare’s concept
Author(s): Danuta Ślęczek-CzakonSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: meta-ethics; prescriptivism; critical thinking; the essence of morality
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with moral theory by Richard Mervyn Hare (1919—2002), British philosopher and meta-ethicist, who searched for the moral thinking in setting the agreement between formalism and utilitarianism. Having discussed basic axioms of Hare’s prescriptivism the author discusses it critically.
Journal: Folia Philosophica
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 29 ENG
- Page Range: 103-125
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
