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In Praise of General Moral Principles

November 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

By Michael Mulnix
Philosophy Department

Michael Mulnix

One commonly held belief in the study of ethics takes moral claims to be somehow dependent upon social and individual circumstance, wherein the moral status of an action is a function of the environment in which it is carried out. The position of ‘moral particularism,’ however, uses this commonsense belief to [...]

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