Moral knowledge and ethical character / Robert Audi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Audi, Robert, 1941- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A unified collection of published and unpublished papers by Robert Audi which present a wide-ranging position in moral epistemology and a related account of reasons for action and their bearing on the justification of moral judgments and the structure of moral character.

Contents:

Contents; INTRODUCTION: Four Dimensions of Ethical Theory; I. Ethical Knowledge, Intuition, and Moral Skepticism; II. Moral Concepts and the Natural Order; III. Moral Psychology and Ethical Character; IV. Reason, Judgment, and Value; I: MORAL EPISTEMOLOGY; 1. Internalism and Externalism in Moral Epistemology; 2. Intuitionism, Pluralism, and the Foundations of Ethics; 3. Skepticism in Theory and Practice: Justification and Truth, Rationality and Goodness; II: ETHICAL CONCEPTS AND MORAL REALISM; 4. Moral Epistemology and the Supervenience of Ethical Concepts

5. Ethical Naturalism and the Explanatory Power of Moral Concepts; III: CHARACTER, RESPONSIBILITY, AND VIRTUE; 6. Self-Deception, Rationalization, and the Ethics of Belief: An Essay in Moral Psychology; 7. Responsible Action and Virtuous Character; 8. Acting from Virtue; IV: PRACTICAL REASON AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS; 9. Autonomy, Reason, and Desire; 10. Moral Judgment and Reasons for Action; 11. Intrinsic Value and the Dignity of Persons; 12. CONCLUSION: The Moral Justification of Actions and the Ethical Character of Persons; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773096-5

1-280-45407-5

0-19-534435-9

0-585-21173-6

OCLC:

476010221