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J.L. Mackie

Born

in Australia

August 28, 1917

Died

December 12, 1981

Genre

Philosophy

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John Leslie Mackie was an Australian philosopher, originally from Sydney. He is perhaps best known for his views on meta-ethics, especially his defence of moral skepticism. However, he has also made significant contributions to philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of language.

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	Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong 3.93 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MIRACLE OF THEISM P: Arguments For and Against the Existence of God 4.15 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Problems from Locke 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hume's Moral Theory 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Cement of the Universe: A Study of Causation 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth, Probability, and Paradox 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“the abandonment of a belief in objective values can cause, at least temporarily, a decay of subjective concern and sense of purpose. That it does so is evidence that the people in whom this reaction occurs have been tending to objectify their concerns and purposes, have been giving them a fictitious external authority. A claim to objectivity has been so strongly associated with their subjective concerns and purposes that the collapse of the former seems to undermine the latter as well.”
― John Leslie Mackie, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

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“The difficulty of seeing how values could be objective is a fairly strong reason for thinking that they are not so”
― John Leslie Mackie, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

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“The facts have to be determined by empirical evidence, and our thinking has then to conform to the facts, not the facts to our thinking”
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