Natural Moralities
A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism
David B. Wong
Reviews and Awards
"This is an exemplary study in the manner of the position it defends: pluralist, empirically grounded, humanistic in the best sense, and widely respectful of difference not just as otherness, but as other ways of being human."--Barbara Herman, UCLA
"Natural Moralities provides compelling reasons why many of the motivational and social aspects of pluralistic relativism should be part of a well-grounded philosophical moral theory."--Choice
"This is one of the most interesting works in ethics I have ever read. I think it can lead to changes in how we think about the philosophical issues of ethics, and I also think it would serve as an excellent in-depth introduction to ethics."--Gilbert Harman, Princeton University
"Wong writes carefully and insightfully on a wide variety of topics. But the unifying theme is moral relativism, and this book makes a claim to being the most systematic and persuasive defense of moral relativism that has yet been written. Professor Wong has written a work of major importance. Any future discussion of moral relativism, or against, will need to take his arguments into account."--Christopher W. Gowans, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews