Ethical Theory

Ethical Theory: An Anthology is an authoritative collection of key essays by top scholars in the field, addressing core issues including consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics, as well as traditionally underrepresented topics such as moral knowledge and moral responsibility. * Brings together seventy-six classic and contemporary pieces by renowned philosophers, from classic writing by Hume and Kant to contemporary writing by Derek Parfit, Susan Wolf, and Judith Jarvis Thomson * Guides students through key areas in the field, among them consequentialism, deontology, contractarianism, and virtue ethics * Includes coverage of metaethics, normative ethics, and practical ethics * Reaches beyond traditional texts by also including important, but usually underrepresented, topics such as moral knowledge, moral standing, moral responsibility, and ethical particularism * Raises questions about the status and rational authority of morality

ISBN 1405133201   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405133203 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1214 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series ISSN 28 Format Paperback   Series title Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies Publication date 12 Jun 2007   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress BJ1012   Width (mm) 173 DEWEY 170   Spine width (mm) 37 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 816

1		"Of the influencing motives of the will" and "moral distinctions not derived from reason" by David Hume		8
2		A critique of ethics by A. J. Ayer		18
3		The subjectivity of values by J. L. Mackie		25
4		Ethics and observation by Gilbert Harman		36
5		Moral relativism defended by Gilbert Harman		41
6		The subject-matter of ethics by G. E. Moore		51
7		Trying out one's new sword by Mary Midgley		58
8		Ethics as philosophy : a defense of ethical nonnaturalism by Russ Shafer-Landau		62
9		Realism by Michael Smith		72
10		Thinking about cases by Shelly Kagan		82
11		But I could be wrong by George Sher		94
12		Proof by Renford Brambrough		103
13		Moral knowledge and ethical pluralism by Robert Audi		111
14		Coherentism and the justification of moral beliefs by Geoffrey Sayre-McCord		123
15		The immoralist's challenge		146
16		Morality as a system of hypothetical imperatives by Philippa Foot		153
17		The reconciliation project by Gregory S. Kavka		160
18		Moral rationalism by Russ Shafer-Landau		174
19		Psychological egoism by Joel Feinberg		183
20		Flourishing egoism by Lester Hunt		196
21		Ethical egoism by James Rachels		213
22		Moral saints by Susan Wolf		221
23		Euthyphro		240
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"This collection is a very welcome addition. It is remarkable for the breadth of issues discussed and the diversity of positions represented. Throughout, the selections have been chosen with a keen eye for excellence and accessibility. Taken together, they provide a vivid panorama of ethical theory today." Peter Railton, University of Michigan "It is a wonderfully comprehensive collection that manages to bring together well-chosen papers on a number of significant areas in moral theory." Geoff Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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