Abstract
Professor Frankena's Carus Lectures exhibit analytical acumen and probing intelligence we have long come to expect from his writings. The dis tinctions he draws, questions he raises, and answers he suggests all serve powerfully to advance philosophical thought. While I shall have criticisms to make of some of his central doctrines, this must not be allowed to obscure real indebtedness one feels for enlightening and stimulating effect of his work as a whole. In following critical examination of Frankena's Lectures I shall con sider three main questions. First, how tenable is distinction he draws between 'poietic' and 'nonpoietic' conceptions of morality, together with preference he evinces for latter conception? Second, does he succeed in showing that it is rational to take or accept the moral point of view? Third, how adequate is his conception of moral justification, including use he makes of moral point of view for justifying moral principles?
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