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In building my case for moral scepticism I begin with reason, by deciding what can be considered its ambit and abilities.

I seek to answer this: What is a defensible picture of human reason? My answer will draw on and fall very much in the tradition of the writings of David Hume.

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Source: Allan James. A Sceptical Theory of Morality and Law. Peter Lang,1998. — 277 p.. 1998

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