Concern, Respect, and Cooperation

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-880784-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Three things often recognized as central to morality are concern for others' welfare, respect for their self-expression, and cooperation in worthwhile collective activity. When philosophers have proposed theories of the substance of morality, they have typically looked to one of these three sources to provide a single, fundamental principle of morality - or they have tried to formulate a master-principle for morality that combines these three ideas in some way. In Concern, Respect, and Cooperation, Garrett Cullity urges us to think of them instead as three independently important foundations of morality. The overall aim is to illuminate the structure of morality by showing how its complex content is generated from a relatively simple set of underlying elements - with the complexity resulting from the various ways in which one part of morality can derive from another, and the various ways in which they can interact. Plural-foundation moral theories are sometimes criticized for having nothing helpful to say about cases in which their fundamental norms conflict. Responding to this, Cullity concludes with three detailed applications of his theory: to the questions surrounding paternalism, the use of others as means, and our moral responsibilities as consumers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cullity, Garrett

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- I: Foundations

- 1: Substantive Moral Theory

- 2: Norms, Reasons, and Fit

- 3: Foundations for Morality

- II: Derivations

- 4: Normative Derivations

- 5: Content-Undermining

- 6: Context-Undermining

- 7: Moral Virtues

- 8: A Morality of Relationships

- III: Applications

- 10: Paternalism

- 11: Using Others as a Means

- 12: Consumption

Über Autor(innen)

Garrett Cullity is Hughes Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, where he teaches and writes on topics in practical, theoretical, and meta-ethics. He is a co-editor (with Berys Gaut) of Ethics and Practical Reason (Clarendon Press, 1997) and the author of The Moral Demands of Affluence (Clarendon Press, 2004).