Oxford studies in normative ethics. Volume 1 / edited by Mark Timmons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Timmons, Mark, 1951- editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in normative ethics ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normativity (Ethics).

Ethics.

Norm (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 338 pages).

Other Title:

Oxford studies in normative ethics. Volume I

Studies in normative ethics

Normative ethics

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, leading philosophers advance our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing normative theories to questions of how we should act and live well.

Contents:

1. The moral clout of reasonable beliefs / Holly M. Smith

2. Kantian constructivism as normative ethics / Thomas E. Hill, Jr.

3. Treating consenting adults merely as means / Samuel J. Kerstein

4. Two levels of moral thinking / Daniel Star

5. In defense of consequentializing / Jamie Dreier

6. Consequentialism and moral rationalism / Douglas W. Portmore

7. Cordelia's bond and indirect consequentialism / Nick Zangwill

8. You don't have to do what's best! A problem for consequentialists and other teleologists / S. Andrew Schroeder

9. Supererogation, inside and out: Toward an adequate scheme for common-sense morality / Paul McNamara

10. The paradox of deontology, revisited / Ulrike Heuer

11. Normative ethics, conversion, and pictures as tools of moral persuasion / Sarah McGrath

12. Two cheers for virtue: or, might virtue be habit forming? / Peter Railton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-173205-2

0-19-969326-9