The Oxford handbook of ethical theory / edited by David Copp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Copp, David, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in philosophy.

Oxford handbooks in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 665 pages).

Other Title:

Ethical theory

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handbook is a comprehensive reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned articles by leading scholars. The first part treats metaethics and the second part normative ethical theory.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-19673-8

9786611196738

0-19-803372-9

1-4356-1890-4

OCLC:

1027170411