Mutual toleration might be easier to achieve if groups could realize that the ideals which determine their moralities in the broad sense are just tha… - J. L. Mackie

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Mutual toleration might be easier to achieve if groups could realize that the ideals which determine their moralities in the broad sense are just that, the ideals of those who adhere to them, not objective values which impose requirements on all alike.

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About J. L. Mackie

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.

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Alternative Names: John Leslie Mackie John L. Mackie JL Mackie J.L. Mackie
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