Kevin K. J. Durand

Sidgwick's Utility and Whitehead's Virtue

Metaphysics and Morality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A.N. Whitehead and Henry Sidgwick are two of the most influential thinkers on matters of ethical theory and application in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are also two of the most overlooked. This book examines their contributions in the field of philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780761823513
• ISBN-10: 0761823514
• Artikelnr.: 31207694

Autorenporträt

Kevin K. J. Durand is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Henderson State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Theorists Chapter 4
Henry Sidgwick and the Methods of Ethics Chapter 5 John Stuart Mill and the
Utilitarian Enterprise Chapter 6 The Dualism of Practical Reason Chapter 7
The Cambridge Moralists Chapter 8 Sidgwick and the Cambridge Moralists
Chapter 9 Alfred North Whitehead's Theory of Virtue Chapter 10 The Cardinal
Virtues Chapter 11 Potential Problems Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13
Index