How to defend humane ideals
Subtitle: substitutes for objectivity
By: James R. Flynn.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Humanistic ethics; Social sciences and ethics
Description: "James R. Flynn rejects attempts to salvage ethical objectivity as futile and counter-productive. Instead, he uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. He then uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve.

Flynn concludes that the great post-Enlightenment project - justice for all races and classes, the reduction of inequality, and the abolition of privilege - retains its moral dignity and relevance."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and indexes.