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Debates Moral Theory de Dreier

Debates Moral Theory

Autor Dreier
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 dec 2005
Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.
  • Brings together fresh debates on the most controversial issues in moral theory
  • Questions include: Are moral requirements derived from reason? How demanding is morality? Are virtues the proper starting point for moral theorizing?
  • Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion.
  • Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in contemporary moral theory, while also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405101790
ISBN-10: 1405101792
Pagini: 356
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Intermediate to advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in ethics courses; general readers interested in current debates in moral theory

Notă biografică

James Dreier is Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. He works mainly in meta-ethics, and has published articles on relativism, expressivism, moral realism, practical rationality, decision theory, and the structure of normative theories.

Cuprins

Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction x
James Dreier
Part I Normative Theory 1
Is the Rightness of Action Determined by the Value of Consequences? 3
1 The Consequentialist Perspective 5
William Shaw
2 Against Maximizing Act Consequentialism 21
Peter Vallentyne
3 Reasons Without Demands: Rethinking Rightness 38
Alastair Norcross
Can Contract Theory Ground Morality? 55
4 Moral Contractarianism as a Foundation for Interpersonal Morality 57
Samuel Freeman
5 Can Contract Theory Ground Morality? 77
Philip Pettit
Are the Virtues the Proper Starting Point for Ethical Theory? 97
6 Are Virtues the Proper Starting Point for Morality? 99
Rosalind Hursthouse
7 Virtue Theory Julia Driver 113
Part II Reason And Motivation 125
Are Moral Requirements Derived from Reason? 127
8 Reason, Sentiment, and Categorical Imperatives 129
Samuel J. Kerstein
9 Must We Weep for Sentimentalism? 144
Simon Blackburn
Is Motivation Internal to Moral Judgment? 161
10 How Do Moral Judgments Motivate? 163
Sigrún Svavarsdóttir
11 Moral Motivation 182
R. Jay Wallace
Part III Moral Facts And Explanations 197
Is Morality Fully Factual? 199
12 Moral Factualism 201
Peter Railton
13 Morality Without Moral Facts 220
Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons
Do Moral Facts and Properties Explain Anything? 239
14 Moral Explanations Defended 241
Nicholas L. Sturgeon
15 Moral Epistemology and the Because Constraint 263
Nick Zangwill
Are There General Moral Principles? 283
16 Ethical Generality and Moral Judgment 285
Robert Audi
17 Defending Moral Particularism 305
Mark Norris Lance and Margaret Olivia Little
Index of Subjects 323
Index of Names 330

Descriere

Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.