The Ethical Project

For his philosophy "rules out any appeal to religious texts as the foundation for any sort of treatment of group members, and any set of attitudes," even if the persons in question (say, women in traditional roles) are happy to be so treated. The upshot of his argument is to claim for hims...

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Published in:The Review of metaphysics 2013, Vol.66 (3), p.579-581
Main Author: Devine, Philip E.
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BOOK REVIEWS: SUMMARIES AND COMMENTS
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Humanism
Morality
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Religion
Religious literature
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