Were the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks courageous “freedom fighters” or despicable terrorist murderers? Eschewing the resort to universal moral principles favored by traditional Anglo-American analytic philosophy, Joseph Margolis sets out to sketch an alternative approach that accepts the lack of any neutral ground or privileged normative perspective for deciding moral disputes.
Moral Philosophy After 9/11
Were the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks courageous “freedom fighters” or despicable terrorist murderers? Eschewing the resort to universal moral principles favored by traditional Anglo-American analytic philosophy, Joseph Margolis sets out to sketch an alternative approach that accepts the lack of any neutral ground or privileged normative perspective for deciding moral disputes.