Why be moral? / edited by Beatrix Himmelmann and Robert B. Louden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Himmelmann, Beatrix

Contributor:

Himmelmann, Beatrix, editor.

Louden, Robert B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Beatrix Himmelmann, Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Robert B. Louden, University of Southern Maine, Portland, OR, USA.

Summary:

What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a focal point of debate. Why be Moral? is a collection of new essays on this fundamental philosophical problem, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Introduction / Himmelmann, Beatrix

Part I: Investigating the Question

Why Be Moral - A Pseudo-Problem? / Birnbacher, Dieter

Why Be Moral: A Meaningful Question? / Schaber, Peter

Part II: Exploring Viable Answers

Why Be Moral? A New Answer to an Old Question / Louden, Robert B.

Aristotle on Virtuous Questioning of Morality / Fossheim, Hallvard J.

The Egoistic Answer / Russøy Labukt, Ivar

Why Be Moral? An Argument from the Human Condition in Response to Hobbes and Nietzsche / Himmelmann, Beatrix

Morality, Self-Constitution, and the Limits of Integrity / Sussman, David

What is Kant's Precise Answer to the Question 'Why Be Moral'? / Horn, Christoph

The "Why Be Moral?" Question and the Meaning of Life / Landau, Iddo

Why Be Moral? A Kierkegaardian Approach / Fremstedal, Roe

Acknowledging the Moral Law / Eldridge, Richard

"Why Be Moral?" Pragmatism's Attempt to Dismiss the Issue / Lundestad, Erik

Is the Overridingness of Moral Reasons a Semantic Fact? / Wittwer, Héctor

Williams on Integrity, Ground Projects and Reasons to Be Moral / Thomas, Alan

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110366396

3110366398

9783110386332

311038633X

OCLC:

923336450

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access