James Rachels (ed.)

Ethical Theory 2

Theories about How We Should Live
Herausgeber: Rachels, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ethical Theory Volumes 1 and 2 together provide an overview of contemporary moral philosophy, reprinting classic and contemporary articles, many of which are not otherwise readily available.

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This second volume of Ethical Theory deals with philosophical theories about how we ought to live, including utilitarianism, social contract theory, rights theory, virtue theory, and the New Kantianism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780198751861
• ISBN-10: 0198751869
• Artikelnr.: 21987555

Autorenporträt

James Rachels is University Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Moral Problems (1990), Created for Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism (1991), and The Elements of Moral Philosophy (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: W. D. Ross: What Makes Action Right?
* 2: J. J. C. Smart: Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism
* 3: Robert M. Adams: Motive Utilitarianism
* 4: James Cargile: On Consequentialism
* 5: John Rawls: Justice as Fairness
* 6: T. M. Scanlon: Contractualism and Utilitarianism
* 7: David Gauthier: Why Contractarianism?
* 8: J. L. Mackie: Can There be a Right-Based Moral Theory?
* 9: Derek Parfit: Later Selves and Moral Principles
* 10: Bernard Williams: Persons, Character, and Morality
* 11: Edmund Pincoffs: Quandary Ethics
* 12: Gregory W. Trianosky: Supererogation, Wrongdoing, and Vice
* 13: Peter Railton: Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of
Morality
* 14: Onora O'Neill: Consistency in Action
* 15: Christine M. Korsgaard: The Right to Lie: Kant on Dealing with
Evil
* 16: Thomas Nagel: The Fragmentation of Value
* Notes on the Contributors
* Select Bibliography
* Index