Henry Richardson

Articulating the Moral Community

Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism

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Produktbeschreibung

Henry S. Richardson is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. From 2008-18, he was the editor of Ethics. His previous books include Practical Reasoning about Final Ends (1994), Democratic Autonomy (2002), and Moral Entanglements (2012). He has held fellowships sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780190247744
• ISBN-10: 0190247746
• Artikelnr.: 52961064

Autorenporträt

Henry S. Richardson is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. From 2008-18, he was the editor of Ethics. His previous books include Practical Reasoning about Final Ends (1994), Democratic Autonomy (2002), and Moral Entanglements (2012). He has held fellowships sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Preliminaries
Introduction
Chapter 1: Constructive Ethical Pragmatism
Part II: The Moral Authority of The Moral Community
Chapter 2: The Idea of the Moral Community
Chapter 3: Authoritative Input: Dyadic Duties and Rights
Chapter 4: The Unity of the Moral Community
Chapter 5: Introducing New Moral Norms
Chapter 6: Working It Out Together: Joint Moral Reasoning
Chapter 7: Ratification of New Moral Norms
Part III: Defending and Extending the Account
Chapter 8: Objections: Reasons, Indeterminacy, and Compromise
Chapter 9: The Mutability of Moral Principles
Chapter 10: Objectivity and Path-Dependence
Conclusion
Index