Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
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Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory publishes original, international work and research of the highest scholarly quality in the areas of ethics and moral philosophy.
Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation
1st Edition
By Christopher Woodard
September 18, 2012
This book is about fundamental questions in normative ethics. It begins with the idea that we often respond to ethical theories according to how principled or pragmatic they are. It clarifies this contrast and then uses it to shed light on old debates in ethics, such as debates about the rival ...
Challenging Moral Particularism
1st Edition
Edited
By Matjaž Potrc, Vojko Strahovnik, Mark Lance
May 16, 2011
Particularism is a justly popular ‘cutting-edge’ topic in contemporary ethics across the world. Many moral philosophers do not, in fact, support particularism (instead defending "generalist" theories that rest on particular abstract moral principles), but nearly all would take it to be a position ...
Moral Responsibility: The Ways of Scepticism
1st Edition
By Carlos Moya
December 13, 2010
We are strongly inclined to believe in moral responsibility - the idea that certain human agents truly deserve moral praise or blame for some of their actions. However, recent philosophical discussion has put this natural belief under suspicion, and there are important reasons for thinking that ...
Rationality and Moral Theory: How Intimacy Generates Reasons
1st Edition
By Diane Jeske
November 04, 2010
This book provides answers to both normative and metaethical questions in a way that shows the interconnection of both types of questions, and also shows how a complete theory of reasons can be developed by moving back and forth between the two types of questions. It offers an account of the ...
Deprivation and Freedom: A Philosophical Enquiry
1st Edition
By Richard Hull
June 16, 2009
Deprivation and Freedom investigates the key issue of social deprivation. It looks at how serious that issue is, what we should do about it and how we might motivate people to respond to it. It covers core areas in moral and political philosophy in new and interesting ways, presents the topical ...
The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle: Mirrors of Virtue
1st Edition
By Jiyuan Yu
June 16, 2009
As a comparative study of the virtue ethics of Aristotle and Confucius, this book explores how they each reflect upon human good and virtue out of their respective cultural assumptions, conceptual frameworks, and philosophical perspectives. It does not simply take one side as a...
Kant, Duty and Moral Worth
1st Edition
By Philip Stratton-Lake
July 21, 2004
Kant, Duty and Moral Worth is a fascinating and original examination of Kant's account of moral worth. The complex debate at the heart of Kant's philosophy is over whether Kant said moral actions have worth only if they are carried out from duty, or whether actions carried out from mixed motives ...
Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill
1st Edition
By Frederick Rosen
November 13, 2003
This book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians from Hume to J.S. Mill. Discussion of utility in writers such as Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham is included....
Justifying Emotions: Pride and Jealousy
1st Edition
By Kristjan Kristjansson
December 21, 2001
The two central emotions of pride and jealousy have long been held to have no role in moral judgements, and have been a source of controversy in both ethics and moral psychology. Kristjan Kristjansson challenges this common view and argues that emotions are central to moral excellence and that both...