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1、MoralAnimalsIdealsandConstraintsinMoralTheoryInMoralAnimalsCatherineWilsondevelopsatheoryofmoralitybasedontwofundamentalpremises:firstthatmoralprogressimpliestheevolutionofmoralidealsinvolvingrestraintandsacrifice;secondthathumanbeingsareoutfittedbynaturewithselfishmotiv
2、ations,intentions,andambitionsthatplaceconstraintsonwhatmoralitycandemandofthem.Normativeclaims,shegoesontoshow,canbeunderstoodasprojectivehypothesesconcerningtheconductofrealistically-describednonidealagentsinpreferredfictionalworlds.Suchclaimsdifferfromempiricalhypothe
3、ses,insofarastheycannotbeverifiedbyobservationandexperiment.Yetmany,thoughnotall,moralclaimsaresusceptibleofconfirmationtotheextentthattheycommandtheagreementofwell-informedinquirers.Withthisfoundationinplace,Wilsonturnstoadefenceofegalitar-ianismintendedtoaddresstheobje
4、ctionthattheimportanceofournon-moralprojects,ournaturalacquisitivenessandpartiality,andourmeritocraticcommitmentsrendersocialequalityamereabstractideal.Employingthebasicnotionofasymmetricaldivisionoftheco-operativesurplus,shearguesthatsocialjusticewithrespecttoglobaldisp
5、aritiesinwell-being,andintheconditionofwomenrelativetomen,dependsontherelinquishmentofnaturalandacquiredadvan-tagethatiscentraltotheconceptofmorality.MoralAnimalswillsparkfreshdebateswithinphilosophyandacrossthesocialsciences.ThispageintentionallyleftblankMoralAnimalsIde
6、alsandConstraintsinMoralTheoryCATHERINEWILSONCLARENDONPRESSOXFORD3GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingworldwideinOxfordNew
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