Principled ethics : generalism as a regulative ideal / Sean McKeever and Michael Ridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKeever, Sean D., author.

Ridge, Michael (Michael R.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Principle (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)

Other Title:

Generalism as a regulative ideal

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. However, the underlying assumption that this is the best approach has received almost no defence, and has been attacked by particularists, who argue that the traditional link between morality and principles is little more than an unwarranted prejudice. In Principled Ethics, Michael Ridge and Sean McKeever meet the particularist challenge head-on, and defend a distinctive view they call ""generalism as a regulative ideal.""

Contents:

Part I. The Particularist Challenge; 1 Many Moral Particularisms; 2 Holism about Reasons; 3 Default Reasons; 4 Moral Vision; 5 Constitutive Generalism; Part II. The Case for Generalism as a Regulative Ideal; 6 From Moral Knowledge to Default Principles; 7 Beyond Default Principles: Trimming the Hedges; 8 Generalism as a Regulative Ideal; 9 Principled Guidance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-233) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-929066-0

1-281-15479-2

9786611154790

0-19-153742-X

1-4356-2408-4

OCLC:

427508545