Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XI
4. 1. Introduction to the Strategy of Argument for Moral Relativity and its Normative Implications 1
5. 2. The Importance of Moral Truth 10
6. 3. Relativist Analyses of Morality as Social Creation 23
7. 4. The Recommended Relativist Analysis of Moral "A ought to do X " Statements 37
8. 5. The Analysis of "A ought to do X" Statements Completed 48
9. 6. The Recommended Relativist Analysis of "X is a good Y" Statements and Consideration of Objections 68
10. 7. Absolutist Analyses of Moral Statements 80
11. 8. The Method for Explaining Diversity and Disagreement in Moral Belief 105
12. 9. Virtue-Centered and Rights-Centered Moralities 121
13. 10. Moral Relativity Within Virtue-Centered and Rights-Centered Moralities 139
14. 11. Comparing the Truth of Virtue-Centered and Rights-Centered Moralities 160
15. 12. Tolerance and Nonintervention as Implications of Moral Relativity 177
16. 13. Moral Relativity and the Problem of Equal Worth 198
17. Appendix A 216
18. Appendix B 220
19. Notes 223
20. Bibliography 237
21. Index 243