Philosophical Ethics

Philosophical Ethics

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  • Author: Tom L. Beauchamp
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 422

This accessible overview of classical and modern moral theory with short readings provides comprehensive coverage of ethics and unique coverage of rights, justice, liberty and law. Real-life cases introduce each chapter. While the book's content is theoretical rather than applied ethics, Beauchamp consistently applies the theories to practical moral problems. Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill are at the book's core and they are placed in the context of moral philosophical controversies of the last 30 years. In this edition one-third of the reading selections are new and all the selections in chapter 8 on rights are new. Chapter 7 on Hume has been heavily reshaped. Chapter 1 has been reduced to get students past introductory material and into the philosophers.


Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

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  • Author: Andrew Preston Peabody
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  • Category : Ethics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 364


Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

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  • Author: Joseph Haven
  • Publisher: University of Michigan Library
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  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 362


Realism and Antirealism in Kant's Moral Philosophy

Realism and Antirealism in Kant's Moral Philosophy

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  • Author: Robinson dos Santos
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 3110572346
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

The debate between moral realism and antirealism plays an important role in contemporary metaethics as well as in the interpretation of Kant’s moral philosophy. This volume aims to clarify whether, and in what sense, Kant is a moral realist, an antirealist, or something in-between. Based on an explication of the key metaethical terms, internationally recognized Kant scholars discuss the question of how Kant’s moral philosophy should be understood in this regard. All camps in the metaethical field have their inhabitants: Some contributors read Kant’s philosophy in terms of a more or less robust moral realism, objectivism, or idealism, and some of them take it to be a version of constructivism, constitutionism, or brute antirealism. In any case, all authors introduce and defend their terminology in a clear manner and argue thoughtfully and refreshingly for their positions. With contributions of Stefano Bacin, Jochen Bojanowski, Christoph Horn, Patrick Kain, Lara Ostaric, Fred Rauscher, Oliver Sensen, Elke Schmidt, Dieter Schönecker, and Melissa Zinkin.


Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, Delivered at the Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 by the Late Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A

Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, Delivered at the Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 by the Late Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A

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  • Author: Sydney Smith
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  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 472


An Essay on Moral Philosophy, and its relations to science and the Bible; with a few criticisms on some statements of Professor Tyndall, the Duke of Argyll in his “Reign of Law,” and J. S. Mill in his essay “On Liberty.” Read before the Victoria Institute in London, Dec. 7, 1868, and reprinted from the Society's Journal of Transactions

An Essay on Moral Philosophy, and its relations to science and the Bible; with a few criticisms on some statements of Professor Tyndall, the Duke of Argyll in his “Reign of Law,” and J. S. Mill in his essay “On Liberty.” Read before the Victoria Institute in London, Dec. 7, 1868, and reprinted from the Society's Journal of Transactions

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  • Author: William Watson ENGLISH
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  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36


Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy

Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy

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  • Author: Yang Xiao
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 1438450966
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

Original, influential, and often controversial, ethicist David Wong defends forms of moral relativism. His 1984 Moral Relativity was a study of this concept, and his 2006 Natural Moralities presented a new and sophisticated account of it. Wong's vision is of a pluralistic moral relativism; he does not defend all forms of relativism but evaluates what moralities may be true. His singular philosophy reflects his deep knowledge of Confucian and Daoist thought. In this book, moral philosophers and scholars of Chinese thought debate ideas central to Wong's work and Wong responds to them. The discussion ranges widely, including exploring Wong's thought on naturalism, criteria for moralities, the principle of charity, moral authority, and the concept of community, and looking at his readings of Xunzi and Zhuangzi. Wong's nuanced and forceful responses clarify and develop further arguments in his work. These engaging and critical exchanges between Wong and his critics illuminate not only Wong's thought, but also contemporary ethical theory and Chinese philosophy.


A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals

A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals

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  • Author: Rajendra Prasad
  • Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
  • ISBN: 9788180695445
  • Category : Ethics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 496

Using recontructive ideas available in classical Indian original works, this book makes a departure in the style of modern writings on Indian moral philosophy. It presents Indian ethics, in an objective, secular, and wherever necessary, critical manner as a systematic, down-to-earth, philosophical account of moral values, virtues, rights and obligations. It thereby refutes the claim that Indian philosophy has no ethics as well as the counter-claim that it transcends ethics. It demonstrates that moral living proves that the individual, his society and the world are really real and not only taken to be real for behavioral purposes as the Advaitins hold, the self is amoral being a non-agent, moksa is not a moral value, and the Karmic theory, because of involving belief in rebirth, does not fuarantee that the doer of an action is also the experiencer of its results, contrary to what is commonly held, and Indian ethics can sustain itself even if such notions are dropped. Rajendra Prasad calls Indian ethics organismic because, along with ethical concerns, it also covers issues related to professions, politics, administration, sex, environment, etc. Therefore, in one format it is theoretical and applied, normative and metaethical, humanistic and non-humanistic, etc., of course, within the limits of the then cognitive enquiry.


Perspectives on Ignorance from Moral and Social Philosophy

Perspectives on Ignorance from Moral and Social Philosophy

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  • Author: Rik Peels
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317369548
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 282

This edited collection focuses on the moral and social dimensions of ignorance—an undertheorized category in analytic philosophy. Contributors address such issues as the relation between ignorance and deception, ignorance as a moral excuse, ignorance as a legal excuse, and the relation between ignorance and moral character. In the moral realm, ignorance is sometimes considered as an excuse; some specific kind of ignorance seems to be implied by a moral character; and ignorance is closely related to moral risk. Ignorance has certain social dimensions as well: it has been claimed to be the engine of science; it seems to be entailed by privacy and secrecy; and it is widely thought to constitute a legal excuse in certain circumstances. Together, these contributions provide a sustained inquiry into the nature of ignorance and the pivotal role it plays in the moral and social domains.


Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

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  • Author: Daniel R. DeNicola
  • Publisher: Broadview Press
  • ISBN: 1460406605
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 330

Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction is a compact yet comprehensive book offering an explication and critique of the major theories that have shaped philosophical ethics. Engaging with both historical and contemporary figures, this book explores the scope, limits, and requirements of morality. DeNicola traces our various attempts to ground morality: in nature, in religion, in culture, in social contracts, and in aspects of the human person such as reason, emotions, caring, and intuition.