Morality and the Good Life - Brossura

Carson, Thomas L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0195105389 ISBN 13: 9780195105384

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 1997

Riassunto

Contemporary moral philosophers have produced an enormous amount of rich and varied published work on virtually all the issues falling within the scope of ethics and moral philosophy. Morality and the Good Life is a comprehensive survey of contemporary ethical theory which collects thirty-four selections on morality and the theory of value. Emphasizing value theory, metaethics, and normative ethics, it is non-technical and accessible to a wide range of readers. Selections are organized under six main topics: (1) Concepts of Goodness, (2) What Things are Good?, (3) Virtues and Ethics, (4) Realism vs. Anti-Realism, (5) Value and Obligation, and (6) The Value and Meaning of Life. The text includes both a substantial general introduction featuring explanatory summaries of all the selections and an extensive topical bibliography, which enhance the volume's research and pedagogical utility. The most up-to-date and wide-ranging survey of its kind, Morality and the Good Life is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in contemporary ethical theory, moral philosophy, and theory of value.

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Contenuti

• INTRODUCTION
• PART I. CONCEPTS OF GOODNESS
• A. Cognitivist Approaches
• 1: G. E. Moore: The Subject-Matter of Ethics
• 2: Roderick Firth: Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer
• B. Nonognitivist Approaches: Defense and Criticism
• 3: A. J. Ayer: Critique of Ethics
• 4: W. D. Ross: Critique of Ayer
• 5: A. J. Ayer: Reply to Critics
• 6: Allan Gibbard: Expressivism
• 7: R. M. Hare: Selections from Descriptive Meaning and Principles
• 8: Phillipa Foot: Moral Beliefs
• C. Kinds of Goodness
• 9: Christine Korsgaard: Two Distinctions in Goodness
• PART 11. WHAT THINGS ARE GOOD?
• A. Hedonism: Defense and Criticism
• 10: Henry Sidgwick: Ultimate Good
• 11: Robert Nozick: Value and Pleasure
• B. The Desire-Satisfaction Theory: Defense and Criticism
• 12: G. H. von Wright: The Good of Man
• 13: Richard Kraut: Desire and the Human Good
• C. Objectivist Theories
• 14: G. E. Moore: The Ideal
• 15: W. D. Ross: What things are Good? and Moral Goodness
• 16: Thomas Hurka: Perfectionism
• 17: Derek Parfit: What Makes Someone's Life Go Best?
• PART III. VIRTUES AND ETHICS
• 18: G. E. M. Anscombe: Modern Moral Philosophy
• 19: Phillipa Foot: Virtues and Vices
• 20: Alasdair MacIntyre: The Nature of the Virtues
• PART IV. REALISM VS. ANTI-REALISM
• 21: J. L. Mackie: The Subjectivity of Values
• 22: John McDowell: Values and Secondary Qualities
• 23: Simon Blackburn: Errors and the Phenomenology of Value
• 24: Nicholas Sturgeon: Moral Explanations
• PART V. VALUE AND OBLIGATION
• 25: G. E. Moore: Results the Test of Right and Wrong
• 26: J. J. C. Smart: Act-Utilitarianism and Rule-Utilitarianism
• 27: Richard Brandt: The Real and Alleged Problems of Utilitarianism
• 28: W. D. Ross: What Makes Right Acts Right?
• 29: W. K. Frankena: Obligation and Motivation in Recent Moral Philosophy
• 30: Robert M. Adams: A Modified Divine Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness
• PART VI. THE VALUE AND MEANING OF LIFE
• 31: Leo Tolstoy: My Confession
• 32: Paul Edwards: Meaning and Value of Life
• 33: Norman Dahl: Morality and the Meaning of Life: Some First Thoughts
• 34: Michael Slote: Goods and Lives
• BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL THEORY
• INDEX

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195105389
• ISBN 13: 9780195105384
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 532
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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