文档介绍：Moral Realities
An essay in philosophical psychology
Mark de Bretton Platts
London and New York
First published 1991 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Platts, Mark de Bretton Moral realities: an
essay in philosophical psychology/Mark de Bretton Platts p. cm. Includes bibliographical
references and index. 1. Ethics. 2. Desire (Philosophy) 3. Values. I. Title. 1991
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To the memory of Juan Manuel Romo Santos
Contents
Preface vi
Introduction 1
Part One
1 Misconceptions of desire 9
2 The distinctions of desire 25
3 Values 51
Part Two
4 Fact and action in Hume’s moral theory 79
5 The reach of morality 105
6 Morality’s critics 135
Afterwords 164
Bibliography of philosophical works referred to 165
Index 168
Preface
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