Ontologized Ethics: New Essays in African Meta-Ethics

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (2013)
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Ontologized Ethics is a collection of essays in meta-ethics with an emphasis on philosophical discourse in the African context. It focuses primarily on the extent to which metaphysical beliefs may or may not justify moral beliefs, thereby revisiting the issue of the ‘is-ought’ relationship

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John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kevin Gary Behrens
University of Johannesburg (PhD)

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