Moral principles / Maike Albertzart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albertzart, Maike, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury ethics series.

Bloomsbury ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The history of moral philosophy has been dominated by attempts to find and defend the correct moral principle or set of principles. However, over the last two decades the assumption that morality can and should be understood in terms of principles has come under attack from several quarters. The most radical attack has come from so-called moral particularists according to whom principles are at best useless and at worst a hindrance to successful moral reasoning and action.Why should - and how can - morality be based on principles? These are the leading questions of this book. Moral Principles offers a historically informed, in-depth examination of the current particularist/generalist debate and presents a novel account of the place of principles in our moral thought and action."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Moral Particularism. 1.1 From scepticism about moral principles to particularism ; 1.2 The current particularism/generalism debate ; 1.3 The particularist challenge

2. Three Recent Attempts to Defend Moral Principles. 2.1 Dancy's generalist critics ; 2.2 Moral principles and practical reasoning

3. The Nature and Roles of Moral Principles. 3.1 Indeterminacy ; 3.2 Defeasibility ; 3.3 Moral principles and the activity of moral judgement ; 3.4 Moral principles and the capacity of moral judgement

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472574220

1472574222

9781472574206

1472574206

9781472594471

1472594479

9781472574213

1472574214

OCLC:

890703370