Ethics and Practical Reason

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-823669-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

These thirteen new, specially written essays by a distinguished international line-up of contributors, including some leading contemporary moral philosophers, give a rich and varied view of current work on ethics and practical reason. The three main perspectives on the topic, Kantian, Humean, and Aristotelian, are all well represented. Issues covered include: the connection between reason and motivation; the source of moral reasons and their relation to reasons of self-interest; the relation of practical reason to value, to freedom, to responsibility, and to feelings. The editors' introduction provides a valuable introductory survey of the topic, putting the individual essays in context. Ethics and Practical Reason will be essential reading for scholars, postgraduates, and upper-level undergraduates working in this area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cullity, Gaut

Gaut, Berys

Cullity, Garrett

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Deciding how to Decide

- On the Hypothetical and Non-Hypothetical in Reasoning about Action

- Humean Doubts about the Practical Justification of Morality

- Practical Theory

- Moral Judgement and Reasons for Action

- The Structure of Practical Reason

- Practical Reason Divided: Aquinas and his Critics

- The Normativity of Instrumental Reason

- Kantian Rationalism: Inescapibility, Authority, and Supremacy

- A Theory of Freedom and Responsibility

- Reason and Responsibility

- Reasons and Reason

- The Amoralist

- Bibliography. Index.