Do moral questions have objective answers? This book explains and argues for relativism, emotivism and moral skepticism. For moral disagreements there are no correct answers ahead of time, except in relation to one or another moral framework.
Drawing freely and expertly from Continental and analytic traditions, Richard Bernstein examines a number of debates and controversies exemplified in the works of Gadamer, Habermas, Rorty, and Arendt. He argues that a "new conversation" is emerging about human rationality-a new …
Speech acts and unspeakable acts -- Dangerous confusion? Response to Ronald Dworkin -- Freedom of illocution? Response to Daniel Jacobson / Rae Langton, Jennifer Hornsby -- Pornography's authority? Response to Leslie Green -- Pornography's divine command? Response to Judith Butl…