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John Leslie Mackie (Sydney, 28 agosto 1917 – Oxford, 12 dicembre 1981) è stato un filosofo australiano. Autore di vasti interessi, si è occupato nelle sue opere di storia della filosofia, epistemologia , logica, filosofia della scienza , filosofia della religione e filosofia morale.
John Leslie Mackie FBA (25 August 1917 – 12 December 1981) was an Australian philosopher. He made significant contributions to ethics, the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Mackie had influential views on metaethics, including his defence of moral scepticism and his sophisticated defence of atheism.
JL Mackie. John Leslie Mackie, 1917 – 1981 CE, usually writing as J. L. Mackie, was an Australian philosopher. He made significant contributions to the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language, and is perhaps best known for his views on meta-ethics, especially his defense of moral scepticism. He authored six books.
…challenged by the Australian philosopher J.L. Mackie (1917–81). In his defense of moral subjectivism, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977), Mackie argued that Hare had stretched the notion of universalizability far beyond anything inherent in moral language.
Questo lavoro esplora la riflessione morale di John Leslie Mackie procedendo lungo due indirizzi complementari. Da una parte fornendo una ricostruzione e un'esposizione della speculazione etica del filosofo australiano in ognuna delle sue principali articolazioni: dalla metaetica scettica della teoria dell'errore, all'indagine esplicativa sulla ...
Mackie argued that people's attitudes and feelings when considering their behavior and its effects lead them to assume, falsely, the existence of objective features of right or wrong, good or bad, in human situations, which correspond to, and validate, those attitudes and feelings.
Overview. John Leslie Mackie. (1917—1981) philosopher. Quick Reference. (1917–81). Born in Australia, lived and taught in Australia and New Zealand before moving to England, teaching finally at Oxford University. He was the author of six books and numerous ... From: Mackie, John L. in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy » Subjects: Philosophy.
