{"product_id":"moral-realities-mark-platts-9780415058926","title":"Moral Realities: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology","description":"Scepticism about morality is as old as morality itself. Philosophers have attacked the  singular institution' of morality, but have these sceptics correctly identified their target? In this book a descriptive metaphysics of morals is presented, revealing how philosophical critics have consistently misidentified the institution of morality. Mark Platts' influential first book Ways of Meaning argued within the context of the philosophy of language that a  realist' account of moral thought was possible; Moral Realities defends the same possibility from the perspective of the philosophy of psychology. Platts engages the classical moral philosophies of Hume, Mandeville and Nietzsche, and tackles the powerful arguments of the contemporary moral relativists. His critique of the existing philosophical notions of desire and value enables him to clarify both what morality is and what it is not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Platts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415058929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415058926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Mark Platts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086555918591,"sku":"9780415058926","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_228ab91a-f45e-4bb3-b7dd-133a333ac540.jpg?v=1769095352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-realities-mark-platts-9780415058926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}