The Structure of Normative Ethics : & Other Essays in Moral Philosophy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kagan, Shelly.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Shelly Kagan's essays have been extremely influential in shaping the field of normative ethics, a branch of moral philosophy concerned with the criteria of what is morally right and wrong. This volume collects the essential essays by Kagan in this area and traces the evolution of his thinking over the course of his remarkable career.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Credits

Contents

Editors' Introduction

Preface

Part 1 Structure

1 The Structure of Normative Ethics

2 Evaluative Focal Points

3 Kantianism for Consequentialists

I. Autonomy and the Formula of Universal Law

II. Understanding the Formula of Universal Law

A. The False Promise

B. The Maxim of Nonaid to Others

III. Kantianism and Consequentialism

Part 2 Methods

4 The Additive Fallacy

I. Contrast Arguments

II. Difficulties in Using Contrast Arguments

III. The Ubiquity Thesis

IV. The Additive Assumption

V. The Plausibility of the Additive Assumption

VI. Transport Arguments

Do Numbers Matter?

Do/Allow Again

VII. Doing Without the Additive Assumption

5 The Paradox of Methods

6 Thinking About Cases

I. The Priority of Case Specific Intuitions

II. The Analogy to Empirical Observation

III. Error Theories

IV. Particular Cases and General Claims

V. Conclusion

Part 3 Practical Ethics

7 Do I Make a Difference?

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

8 What's Wrong with Speciesism?

1. Singer's Attack on Speciesism

1.1.

1.2.

1.3.

1.4.

1.5.

1.6.

1.7.

2. What Do We Believe?

2.1.

2.2.

2.3.

2.4.

3. Evaluating Personism

3.1.

3.2.

3.3.

3.4.

3.5.

3.6.

3.7.

3.8.

Editorial Commentary &amp

Further Reading

References

Kagan's Publications

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Kagan, Shelly The Structure of Normative Ethics

ISBN:

9780197825334

9780197825341

OCLC:

1573643302