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The point of view of the universe : Sidgwick and contemporary ethics / Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna de, author.
- Singer, Peter, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sidgwick, Henry, 1838-1900.
- Sidgwick, Henry.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 403 pages)
- Other Title:
- Sidgwick and contemporary ethics
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- What does the idea of taking 'the point of view of the universe' tell us about ethics? Lazari-Radek and Singer defend objectivism in ethics, and hedonistic utilitarianism, following Henry Sidgwick's lead. They explore how to justify an ethical theory; conflicts of self-interest and universal benevolence; and whether we should discount the future.
- Contents:
- What is ethics?
- Reason and action
- Intuition and the morality of common sense
- Justification in ethics
- The axioms of ethics
- The profoundest problem of ethics
- The origins of ethics and the unity of practical reason
- Ultimate good, part I : perfectionism and desire-based theory
- Ultimate good, part II : hedonism
- Rules
- Demandingness
- Distribution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2014).
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-102243-8
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