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The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Hugh LaFollette

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory By Hugh LaFollette

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory by Hugh LaFollette

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aeo The most ambitious and authoritative survey of moral theory available. aeo Comprised of newly--commissioned papers written by an international assembly of leading philosophers. aeo Unprecedented range, covering all central issues in normative ethics.

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Summary

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory by Hugh LaFollette

Ranging from moral realism to virtue ethics, this superb volume presents a complete state--of--the--art survey of ethical theory. Written by an international assembly of leading moral philosophers, each of the twenty--one newly--commissioned papers develop the main tenets, arguments, themes, and problems of the main normative and meta--ethical philosophical outlooks.

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Reviews

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory is, for its size, perhaps the best single--volume resource guide to contemporary ethical theory. Robert B. Louden, APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Spring 2001.

About Hugh LaFollette

Hugh LaFollette is Marie and Leslie E. Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is author of The Practice of Ethics (Blackwell, 2007) and Personal Relationships: Love, Identity, and Morality (Blackwell, 1995), co--author of Brute Science: The Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation (1996), and editor of several other volumes, including Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (third edition, Blackwell, 2007).

Table of Contents

Contributors. Introduction. Part I: META--ETHICS. The status of ethics. 1. Moral Realism (Michael Smith). 2. Relativism (Simon Blackburn). What Grounds ethical claims?. 3. Divine Command Theory (Philip L. Quinn). 4. Naturalism (James Rachels). 5. Moral Intuitions (Jeff McMahan). Against Ethical Theory. 6. The End to Ethics (John D. Caputo). Psychology and Ethics. 7. Psychological Egoism (Elliott Sober). 8. Moral Psychology (Laurence Thomas). Part II: Normative Ethics. Consequentialism. 9. Act--Utilitarianism (R. G. Frey). 10. Rule--Consequentialism (Brad Hooker). Deontology. 11. Nonconsequentialism (F.M. Kamm). 12. Kantianism (Thomas E. Hill, Jr). 13. Contractarianism (Geoffrey Sayre--McCord). 14. Intuitionism (David McNaughton). 15. Rights (L.W. Sumner). 16. Libertarianism (Jan Narveson). Alternatie Views. 17. Virtue Ethics (Michael Slote). 18. Feminist Ethics (Alison M. Jaggar). 19. Continental Ethics (William R. Schroeder). 20. Pragmatic Ethics (Hugh LaFollette). 21. Toward Reconciliation in Ethics (James P. Sterba). Index.

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GOR002795247
9780631201199
063120119X
The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory by Hugh LaFollette
Hugh LaFollette
Blackwell Philosophy Guides
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19991216
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