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This book examines the parallels between moral and metaphorical discourse, and the ways in which our engagement with literary art, and metaphorical discourse in particular, informs our moral beliefs. It suggests that there are three ways in which one's beliefs can be improved: if more of them are true, if more of them are warranted or justified, or if the warrant or justification for some of them is strengthened. So the book considers whether and how such improvements can be made to moral beliefs, and what role metaphor can play. It is an integral aim of the work to discern to what extent mora ... More
Keywords: moral discourse, metaphorical discourse, literary art, moral beliefs, metaphor, truth, falsehood, moral judgements
Print publication date: 2000 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198240105 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198240105.001.0001 |
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