The robust demands of the good : ethics with attachment, virtue, and respect / Philip Pettit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettit, Philip, 1945- author.

Series:

Uehiro series in practical ethics.

Uehiro series in practical ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral realism.

Metaphysics.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 281 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Ethics with attachment, virtue, and respect

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Philip Pettit offers a new insight into moral psychology. He shows that attachments such as love, and certain virtues such as honesty, require their characteristic behaviours not only as things actually are, but also in cases where things are different from how they actually are. He explores the implications of this idea for key moral issues.

Contents:

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The robust demands of attachment

The robust demands of virtue

The robust demands of respect

The rationale of robust demands

Doing good and being good

Doing good and doing evil

Doing good and doing right

Overview

Appendix I: Reconstructing attachment, virtue, and respect

Appendix II: Robustness and probability

Appendix III: Robust robustness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780198801306

0198801300

9780191046605

0191046604

9780191796821

0191796824

OCLC:

910845395