Essays about: "Atomism"

Found 1 essay containing the word Atomism.

  1. 1. Moral Particularism and the Argument from Holism about Reasons

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : William Bülow; [2011]
    Keywords : Ethics; Particularism; Generalism; Holism; Atomism; Moral Knowledge; Moral principles; Moral reasons; Dancy; Jonathan;

    Abstract : Proponents of moral particularism have often sought support for their negative claim about moral principles in a doctrine called holism in the theory of reasons. According to holism, a feature that is a reason in one case may be no reason at all, or even the opposite reason, in another. READ MORE