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100 1 $aFlynn, James R.$q(James Robert),$d1934-2020.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50004085
245 10 $aHow to defend humane ideals :$bsubstitutes for objectivity /$cJames R. Flynn.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $a212 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and indexes.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Problem.$g1.$tTruth-Tests and What We Have Lost --$gPt. 1.$tThe Limitations of Philosophy.$g2.$tPlato and Thrasymachus.$g3.$tTruth-Tests and Proofs.$g4.$tKant and Sister Simplice.$tTransition: An Agenda.$g5.$tMorality and Moral Debate --$gPt. 2.$tThe Potency of Social Science.$g6.$tRace and Class.$g7.$tSuperpeople and Supermen.$g8.$tJustice and Meritocracy.$g9.$tHumanism and Postmodernism.$tConclusion: Unsolved Problems.$g10.$tThe Personal and the Conventional.
520 1 $a"James R. Flynn rejects attempts to salvage ethical objectivity as futile and counter-productive. Instead, he uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. He then uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve.
520 8 $aFlynn concludes that the great post-Enlightenment project - justice for all races and classes, the reduction of inequality, and the abolition of privilege - retains its moral dignity and relevance."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHumanistic ethics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062908
650 0 $aSocial sciences and ethics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124028
852 00 $boff,glx$hBJ1360$i.F58 2000