How can we reconnect the sciences with the foundations of ethics?
pp. 403-423
Abstract
Anyone familiar with the contemporary literature on the philosophical foundations of ethics—say, from John Rawls's Theory of Justice (1972) up to Alan Donagan's Theory of Morality (1977) and Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously (1977)— will know how little attention such books give to "'science," or at least to "the natural and social sciences," as they are conceived of at the present time in the English-speaking world.1
Publication details
Published in:
Callahan Daniel, Engelhardt Tristram (1981) The roots of ethics: science, religion, and values. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 403-423
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3303-6_18
Full citation:
Toulmin Stephen (1981) „How can we reconnect the sciences with the foundations of ethics?“, In: D. Callahan & T. Engelhardt (eds.), The roots of ethics, Dordrecht, Springer, 403–423.