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Book SynopsisMoral diversity is a fundamental reality of today's world, but moral theorists have difficulty responding to it. Some take it as evidence for skepticism the view that there are no moral truths. Others, associating moral reasoning with the search for overarching principles and unifying values, see it as the result of error. In the former case, moral reasoning is useless, since values express individual preferences; in the latter, our reasoning process is dramatically at odds with our lived experience. Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World takes a different approach, proposing an alternative way of thinking about moral reasoning and progress by showing how diversity and disagreement are compatible with theorizing and justification. Patricia Marino demonstrates that, instead of being evidence for skepticism and error, moral disagreements often arise because we value things pluralistically. This means that although people share multiple values such as fairness, honesty, loyalty, and bene
Trade Review" It is especially refreshing to read a rigorous, sophisticated defense of the complex and messy business that actual moral reasoning turns out to be. The book is interesting, insightful, and engaging, and offers a compelling case for rethinking our approach to moral reasoning and the fact of moral disagreement." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
