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From principles to practice : normativity and judgement in ethics and politics / Onora O'Neill Emerita, University of Cambridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Onora, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Normativity (Ethics).
- Judgment (Ethics).
- Practical reason.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Practical principles and relevant descriptions
- Modern moral philosophy and the problem of relevant descriptions
- Two cultures fifty years on
- Scientific inquiry and normative reasoning
- Abstract principles and practical judgement
- Abstraction, idealisation and ideology
- Normativity and practical judgement
- Instituting principles: between duty and action
- Experts, practitioners, and practical judgement
- Kant on indeterminacy, judgement, and interpretation
- Means, ends, and demands
- Reason and the resolution of disputes
- Consequences for non-consequentialists
- Demandingness and rules
- Applied ethics and practical judgement
- Applied ethics: naturalism, normativity, and public policy
- Practical principles and practical judgement in bioethics
- Enactable and enforceable: Kant's criteria for right and virtue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781316286708
- 1316286703
- Publisher Number:
- 99988019724
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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