Description
Discusses and analyses whether humane ideals can be defended
About the Author
A professor emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, James R. Flynn is the author of Asian Americans: Achievement beyond IQ and Race, IQ, and Jensen. He has been profiled in Scientific American, and his research has been reviewed in Nature and Newsweek.
Reviews
"Flynn presents a challenging, thought-provoking and thouroughly distinctive approach to ethical theory."-Brian Trainor, Australian Journal of Political Science
"A very good read. . . . A refreshing approach to the problem of how to defend humane ideals when you have given up the objective truth of moral statements."-M.J. Cresswell, New Zealand Journal
"Time and again, Flynn has spurred debate and opened up entirely new fields of scholarship. This book is an ambitious attempt to integrate philosophy, psychology, and sociology to provide an evidential case for humane ideals."-Stephen J. Ceci, editor of The Nature Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings
"Flynn shows that a humane and progressive liberalism can produce powerful arguments in the social and political realm, while abandoning what he regards as discredited and unhelpful notions of ethical proof and objectivity. There is nothing quite like this in literature-nothing that matches the power of Flynn's meta-ethical discussion and sustained first-level arguments. The chapters on the dilemmas and difficulties in modern social policy on race and class are magnificent."-Jeremy Waldron, author of Social Justice
Book Information
ISBN 9780803217959
Author James R. Flynn
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 352g