Morality, authority, and law : essays in second-personal ethics I / Stephen Darwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darwall, Stephen L., 1946- author.

Series:

Essays in second-personal ethics ; I.

Essays in second-personal ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Interpersonal relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Interpersonal relations.

Liability (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages)

Other Title:

Essays in second-personal ethics I

Essays in second-personal ethics 1

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stephen Darwall presents a series of essays that explore the view that morality is second-personal, entailing mutual accountability and the authority to address demands. He illustrates the power of the second-personal framework to illuminate a wide variety of issues in moral, political, and legal philosophy.

Contents:

Morality's distinctiveness

Bipolar obligation

Moral obligation : form and substance

"But it would be wrong"

Morality and principle

"Because I want it"

The value of autonomy and autonomy of the will

Authority and second-personal reasons for acting

Authority and reasons : exclusionary and second personal

Law and the second-person standpoint

Civil recourse as mutual accountability / co-authored with Julian Darwall.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-966259-2

1-299-46404-1

0-19-163958-3

OCLC:

922971750