Normative ethics

by Kagan, Shelly

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Full title :Normative ethics / Shelly Kagan

Summary

"Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an acts rightness or wrongness in terms of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral factors and theoretical foundations that reflects the actual working practices of contemporary moral philosophers. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, this book should also appeal to the general reader looking for a clearly written overview of the basic principles of moral philosophy. }Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an acts rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral factors and theoretical foundations that reflects the actual working practices of contemporary moral philosophers. The first half of the book presents a systematic survey of the basic normative factors, focusing on controversial questions concerning the precise content of each factor, its scope and significance, and its relationship to other factors. The second half of the book then examines the competing theories about the foundations of normative ethics, theories that attempt to explain why the basic normative factors have the moral significance that they do. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, this book should also appeal to the general reader looking for a clearly written overview of the basic principles of moral philosophy."--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998

Notes

Previously issued in print: Boulder: Westview, 1998

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 337 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429498657, 0429498659, 9780429967207, 0429967209, 9780429989360, 0429989369, 9780813345468, 0813345464, 9780429978289, 0429978286
DOI:10.4324/9780429498657
oclc:on1023546116
LC Classification:BJ1012
Dewey Decimal:170/.44

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Preliminaries; 1.1 What Normative Ethics Is; 1.2 What Normative Ethics Is Not; 1.3 Defending Normative Theories; 1.4 Factors and Foundations; PART I FACTORS; 2 The Good; 2.1 Promoting the Good; 2.2 Well-Being; 2.3 The Total View; 2.4 Equality; 2.5 Culpability, Fairness, and Desert; 2.6 Consequentialism; 3 Doing Harm; 3.1 Deontology; 3.2 Thresholds; 3.3 The Scope of the Constraint; 3.4 Doing and Allowing; 3.5 Intending Harm; 4 Other Constraints; 4.1 Lying; 4.2 Promises; 4.3 Special Obligations; 4.4 Conventions

4.5 Duties to Oneself5 Further Factors; 5.1 Demanding Too Much; 5.2 Options; 5.3 Rights; 5.4 Interaction; PART 2 FOUNDATIONS; 6 Teleological Foundations; 6.1 Foundational Theories; 6.2 Egoism; 6.3 Virtues; 6.4 Act Consequentialism; 6.5 Rules; 7 Deontological Foundations; 7.1 Contractarianism; 7.2 Universalizability; 7.3 The Ideal Observer; 7.4 Reflection; 7.5 Foundational Pluralism; 7.6 Possibilities; Suggested Readings; References; About the Book and Author; Index