Ethics and moral philosophy [electronic resource] / edited by Thom Brooks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Thom.

Series:

Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 1.

Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The essays have all appeared recently in the Journal of Moral Philosophy , an internationally recognized leading philosophy journal. This book is divided into five sections: practical reason, particularism, moral realism, virtue ethics, and ethics and moral philosophy more generally.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Thom Brooks

Introduction / Thom Brooks

Practical Reason Standards, Advice, and Practical Reason / Chrisoula Andreou

Does Rationality Consist in Responding Correctly to Reasons? / John Broome

Practical Reason, Value and Action / Alison Hills

Normativity and Practical Judgement / Onora O’Neill

Particularism Ethics Without Reasons? / Roger Crisp

Defending the Right / Jonathan Dancy

Moral Realism Moral and Theological Realism: The Explanatory Argument / Russ Shafer-Landau

Anti-Reductionism and Supervenience / Michael Ridge

Virtue Ethics Han Feizi’s Criticism of Confucianism and Its Implications for Virtue Ethics / Eric L. Hutton

Aristotelian Virtue and the Interpersonal Aspect of Ethical Character / Maria W. Merritt

Good but Not Required?—Assessing the Demands of Kantian Ethics / Jens Timmermann

Virtue, Character and Situation / Jonathan Webber

Ethics and Moral Philosophy Doing Harm, Allowing Harm, and Denying Resources / Timothy Hall

Time-Relative Interests and Abortion / S. Matthew Liao

The Basis of Human Moral Status / S. Matthew Liao

The Mixed Solution to the Number Problem / Martin Peterson

Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands / William Sin

Essentialism and Anti-Essentialism in Feminist Philosophy / Alison Stone

Bibliography / Thom Brooks

Index / Thom Brooks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-32691-4

9786613326911

90-04-21533-6

OCLC:

769189724

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004215337 DOI