Ethics done right : practical reasoning as a foundation for moral theory / Elijah Millgram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millgram, Elijah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Practical reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethics Done Right examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory. Elijah Millgram shows that the key to thinking about ethics is to understand generally how to make decisions. The papers in this volume support a methodological approach and trace the connections between two kinds of theory in utilitarianism, in Kantian ethics, in virtue ethics, in Hume's moral philosophy, and in moral particularism. Unlike other studies of ethics, Ethics Done Right does not advocate a particular moral theory. Rather, it offers a tool that enables one to decide for oneself.

Contents:

What's the use of utility?

Mill's proof of the principle of utility

Does the categorical imperative give rise to a contradiction in the will?

Reasonably virtuous

Murdoch, practical reasoning, and particularism

Was Hume a Humean?

Hume on "is" and "ought"

Hume, political oncognitivism, and the history of England

Incommensurability and practical reasoning

Commensurability in perspective

Varieties of practical reasoning and varieties of moral theory.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15105-8

1-280-42226-2

0-511-18249-X

0-511-13057-0

0-511-20011-0

0-511-30054-9

0-511-61061-0

0-511-12904-1

OCLC:

171137512