Description |
xiv, 665 p. ; 26 cm. |
Series |
Oxford handbooks in philosophy |
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Oxford handbooks in philosophy.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : metaethics and normative ethics / David Copp -- Moral realism / Geoffrey Sayre-McCord -- Theological voluntarism / Philip L. Quinn -- Ethical naturalism / Nicholas L. Sturgeon -- Nonnaturalism / Jonathan Dancy -- Antirealist expressivism and quasi-realism / Simon Blackburn -- Biology and ethics / Philip Kitcher -- Sensibility theory and projectivism / Justin D'Arms, Daniel Jacobson -- Moral sentimentalism and moral psychology / Michael Slote -- Moral relativism and moral nihilism / James Dreier -- Human theory of practical rationality / Peter Railton -- Morality and practical reason : a Kantian approach / Stephen Darwall -- Free will and moral responsibility / John Martin Fischer -- Value theory / Thomas Hurka -- Some forms and limits of consequentialism / David O. Brink -- Deontology / David McNaughton, Piers Rawling -- Moral rights / Hillel Steiner -- Kantian normative ethics / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- Virtue ethics / Julia Annas -- The ethics of care / Virginia Held -- Particularism and antitheory / Mark Lance, Margaret Little -- Intuitions in moral inquiry / Michael R. DePaul -- Theory, practice, and moral reasoning / Gerald Dworkin. |
Summary |
"The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them.". |
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"The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory. |
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As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint."--BOOK JACKET. |
Subject |
Ethics.
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Added Author |
Copp, David.
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Added Title |
Ethical theory |
ISBN |
9780195325911 (pbk.) |
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0195325915 (pbk.) |
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0195147790 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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9780195147797 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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