Moral particularism
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Moral particularism
Clarendon Press, c2000
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Bibliography: p. [305]-311
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780198238836
Description
Moral Particularism is a timely and penetrating investigation of a theoretical approach that seeks to transform moral philosophy. In the face of continuing disagreement about which general moral principles are correct, there has been a resurgence of interest in the view that the moral language cannot - and need not - be backed by any such generalizations.
This view, moral particularism, presages a revolution in contemporary moral theory, which has consisted largely of attempts to show that either one general principle or a set of such principles is superior to all its rivals.
Twelve new essays by a distinguished international team of contributors, including some of the leading moral philosophers of the day, debate the plausibility of moral particularism. This will be the starting-point for all future discussion of the topic, and compelling reading for all who work in moral philosophy.
Table of Contents
- 1. Moral Particularism: Wrong and Bad
- 2. Particularising Particularism
- 3. The Truth in Particularism
- 4. Ethical Particularism and Patterns
- 5. Ethics as an Inexact Science: Aristotle's Ambition for Moral Theory
- 6. The Particularist's Progress
- 7. Ethical Particularism in Context
- 8. Particularity and Principle: The Structure of Moral Knowledge
- 9. Against Deriving Particularity
- 10. Why Practice Needs Ethical Theory: Particularism, Principle, and Bad Behaviour
- 11. Unprincipled Ethics
- 12. Moral Generalities Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
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: hbk ISBN 9780198238843
Description
Moral Particularism is a timely and penetrating investigation of a theoretical approach that seeks to transform moral philosophy. In the face of continuing disagreement about which general moral principles are correct, there has been a resurgence of interest in the view that correct moral judgements can be only about particular cases. This view, moral particularism, presages a revolution in ordinary moral practice, which has hitherto consisted largely of appeals to general moral principles. Moral particularism also opposes the main aim of most contemporary normative moral theory, which consists in attempts to show that either one general principle or a set of general principles is superior to all its rivals.
Table of Contents
- 1 Brad Hooker, moral particularism - wrong and bad
- 2 Roger Crisp, particularising particularism
- 3 Joseph Raz, the truth in particularism
- 4 Frank Jackson, Philip Pettit, and Michael Smith, ethical particularism and patterns
- 5 T.H. Irwin, ethics as an inexact science - Aristotle's ambition for moral theory
- 6 Jonathan Dancy, the particularist's progress
- 7 David Bakhurst, ethical particularism in context
- 8 Jay Garfield, particularity and principle - the structure of moral knowledge
- 9 Lawrence Blum, against deriving particularity
- 10 Martha Nussbaum, why practice needs ethical theory - particularism, principle, and bad behaviour
- 11 David McNaughton and Piers Rawling, unprincipled ethics
- 12 Margaret Olivia Little, moral generalities revisited.
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