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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Serve the additional purpose of introducing the way moral philosophers think?

Does "serve the additional purpose of introducing the way moral philosophers think" mean "serve the additional purpose that introduces the way moral philosophers think"

Background info:

A CASE STUDY IN THE ROOTS OF MORALITY
If our moral sense, like our sexual desire, is indeed rooted deep in
our Darwinian past, predating religion, we should expect that
research on the human mind would reveal some moral universals,
crossing geographical and cultural barriers, and also, crucially,
religious barriers. The Harvard biologist Marc Hauser, in his book
Moral Minds: How Nature Designed our Universal Sense of Right
and Wrong, has enlarged upon a fruitful line of thought
experiments originally suggested by moral philosophers. Hauser's
study will serve the additional purpose of introducing the way
moral philosophers think. A hypothetical moral dilemma is posed,
and the difficulty we experience in answering it tells us something
about our sense of right and wrong. Where Hauser goes beyond the
philosophers is that he actually does statistical surveys and psycho-
logical experiments, using questionnaires on the Internet, for
  

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Not really. The latter version sounds odd and of unclear meaning.

  • Not really.
  • The latter version sounds odd and of unclear meaning.
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Not really. The latter version sounds odd and of unclear meaning.
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Thanks.
But sorry my understanding hasn't got any improvement.
Who would like to rewrite it so that I may get it?
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Sorry, I thought you fundamentally understood it but just weren't sure of the possible ways to express it.

"introducing the way moral philosophers think" is said to be an additional use or application of Hauser's study.

"serve a/the purpose (of doing sth)" is a set pattern of words.
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My understanding got improved but not got it completely.
Does "an additional use" basically mean "an additional purpose"?
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SweetFreedomDoes "an additional use" basically mean "an additional purpose"?
If you say that something "is an additional purpose" of the study, then it implies that the author of the study intended it for that purpose. If you say that the study "serves the additional purpose of ..." then it allows the possibility that the "purpose" is a use or application that
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I interpret this as that Hauser supposedly introduces an additional way in that "he actually does statistical surveys and psycho- logical experiments, using questionnaires on the Internet. . .", and not only thought experiments.
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Thank you.
Got it clearer but not crystal clear.
Your opinion is of some one else, while Johan Bester's is of Hauser himself.
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I got it better, but still clouded. Would you like to give some examples to help explain? Or rewrite the sentence "Hauser's study will serve the additional purpose of introducing the way
moral philosophers think"in more details?
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SweetFreedomOr rewrite the sentence "Hauser's study will serve the additional purpose of introducing the waymoral philosophers think"in more details?
I'm afraid I can't think of any fundamentally different way to explain it. Which part of the earlier explanation do you not understand?
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I've already said that:
Your explanation is of some one else, while Johan Bester 's is of Hauser himself.

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