Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory

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Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2006)
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_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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BJ1012.C6572 2006

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1405101784   9780470794265   9781405101790   9781405150262   1405101792   9781405101783

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Virtue theory.Julia Driver
Against maximizing act-consequentialism (june 30, 2008).  (pages 6--21)Peter Vallentyne
Can Contract Theory Ground Morality?  (pages 6--77)Philip Pettit
Ethical generality and moral judgment.  (pages 6--285)Robert Audi
How Do Moral Judgments Motivate?  (pages 6--163)Sigrun Svavarsdottir
Moral contractarianism as a foundation for interpersonal morality.  (pages 6--57)Samuel Freeman
Moral factualism.  (pages 6--201)Peter Railton
Morality without Moral Facts.  (pages 6--220)Terry Horgan & Mark Timmons
Must we weep for sentimentalism?  (pages 6--144)Simon Blackburn
Reason, Sentiment, and Categorical Imperatives.  (pages 6--129)Samuel J. Kerstein
The Consequentialist Perspective.  (pages 6--5)William Shaw
Reasons without demands: Rethinking rightness.  (pages 38--54)Alastair Norcross
Are virtues the proper starting point for morality?  (pages 99--112)Rosalind Hursthouse
Moral Explanations Defended.  (pages 241--262)Nicholas L. Sturgeon
Moral epistemology and the Because Constraint.  (pages 263--281)Nick Zangwill
Moral epistemology and the Because Constraint.  (pages 263--281)Nick Zangwill
Defending moral particularism.  (pages 305)Mark Lance & Margaret Olivia Little

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