The Autonomy of Morality

Abstract

In The Autonomy of Morality Charles Larmore challenges two ideas that have shaped the modern mind. The world, he argues, is not a realm of value-neutral fact, nor does human freedom consist in imposing principles of our own devising on an alien reality. Rather, reason consists in being responsive to reasons for thought and action that arise from the world itself. Larmore shows that the moral good has an authority that speaks for itself. Only in this light does the true basis of a liberal political order come into view, as well as the role of unexpected goods in the makeup of a life lived well.

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Charles Larmore (2008). The Autonomy of Morality. Cambridge University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511816611

@book{charles2008the,
  title  = {The Autonomy of Morality},
  author = {Larmore, Charles},
  year   = {2008},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press eBooks},
  doi    = {10.1017/cbo9780511816611}
}

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