Social Determinants of Moral Ideas

Maria Ossowska

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1971

Social Determinants of Moral Ideas

Maria Ossowska

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series Haney Foundation Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512805147

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Maria Ossowska, leading philosopher of the Warsaw school, here sets out to show that moral ideas can be examined with scientific rigor. She proposes a sociology of morals that can be verified by observation and is philosophically based on the development of descriptive ethics.

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Ossowska Maria :

Maria Ossowska is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Warsaw.

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"The first of [Ossowska's] major works to be published in a language other than Polish. It will be, for many, an introduction to an impressive and indeed heroic philosopher."--Times Literary Supplement

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introductory Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
CHAPTER I. Introductory Distinctions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. Moral Phenomena as Dependent Variables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER III. Theories Concerning Morality as a Whole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
CHAPTER IV. The Nobility Ethos and the Bourgeois Ethos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1971
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512805147