The Limits of Moral Authority (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198863571)

Dale Dorsey considers one of the most fundamental questions in philosophical ethics: to what extent do the demands of morality have normative authority over us and our lives? Must we conform to moral requirements? Most who have addressed this question have treated the normative significance of morality as simply a fact to be explained. But Dorsey argues that this traditional assumption is misguided. According to Dorsey, not only are we not required to conform to moral demands, conforming to morality's demands will not always even be normatively permissible---moral behavior can be (quite literally) wrong. This view is significant not only for understanding the content and force of the moral point of view, but also for understanding the basic elements of how one ought to live.

Author: Dale Dorsey
ISBN-10: 0198863578
ISBN-13: 9780198863571
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2020
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d