Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Hume on Morality introduces and assesses *Hume's life and the background of the Treatise on Human Nature *The ideas and text in the Treatise *Hume's continuing importance to philosophy.
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Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
A major contribution in the history of ethics, Mill's brief treatise on utilitarianism lays the theoretical foundation for this branch of philosophy and outlines its relationship to other ethical systems, the arguments in its favor, and its implications for concerns about justice. The appendix contains the text of Mill's 1868 speech […]
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
A remarkable essay on morality which confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. That whole area has of course been strikingly reinvigorated over the last decade, and philosophers have both broadened and deepened their concerns in a way that now makes much earlier moral and political philosophy look sterile and trivial.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican Regent Master in Theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of questions - academic debates - on ethical topics. This volume offers new translations of disputed questions on the nature of virtues in general, the fundamental or 'cardinal' […]
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Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Examining all of Murdoch's contributions to moral philosophy from her short papers to Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals, Heather Widdows provides an accessible and systematized account of Murdoch's moral concepts and offers a clear and critical exposition of her thought. By clarifying Murdoch's central themes, core ideas and her picture of […]
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Argues that international relations must be governed by this cosmopolitan ethic. The book examines the current theories of world ethics, defending cosmopolitanism and the solidarity with diversity model, while rejecting international scepticism and the morality of states.
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
What extent do identities constrain our freedom, and to what extent do they enable our individuality? This book draws on thinkers through the ages and across the globe to explore such questions. It develops an account of ethics that connects moral obligations with collective allegiances, our individuality with our identities.
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Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
A landmark work of western philosophy, On the Genealogy of Morality is a dazzling and brilliantly incisive attack on European morality. This book offers an analysis of Nietzsche's text. It provides an account of how Nietzsche comes to the project of the re-evaluation of values.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Focusing on original philosophical work on the foundations of ethics, this periodical publication provides an annual selection of much of the best scholarship done in the field. It includes the work done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.
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