The retrieval of ethics / Talbot Brewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brewer, Talbot, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 344 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Talbot Brewer offers a new approach to ethical theory, founded on a far-reaching reconsideration of the nature and sources of human agency. He argues that ethical reflection is itself an important life activity, and philosophical ethics is an extension of this practical activity rather than just a theoretical reflection upon it.

Contents:

Contesting the world-making prejudice

Fragmented activities, fragmented lives

Fluency in practical thinking

Savoring time : pleasure and unreserved activity

The primacy of good

Against modern dualism about the good

Virtues and other selves

The virtues in theory and practice.

Notes:

Many ideas presented at graduate seminars, audiences at various universities and colleges, and various conferences.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-337) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161957-4

0-19-969222-X

0-19-157001-X

9786612348891

1-282-34889-2

OCLC:

399755312