The Ethics of Governance: Moral Limits of Policy Decisions offers a toolbox drawn from normative ethics which finds applications in public governance, primarily focusing on policy making and executive action. It includes ethical concepts and principles culled from different phil…
The distinction between reality and fiction -- The representation of the physical world -- Ethical fictitious entities -- Normativity and motivation.
"This book presents an ... investigation of the notion of obligation in Bentham's thought. For Bentham, obligation is a fictitious - namely linguistic - entity, whose import and truth lie in empirical perceptions of pain and pleasure, 'real' entities. This work explores Bentham'…
"This book develops a new approach to understanding our claims about what is metaphysically necessary or possible: Modal Normativism. While claims about what is metaphysically necessary or possible have long played a central role in metaphysics and other areas of philosophy, suc…
"This book develops a new approach to understanding our claims about what is metaphysically necessary or possible: Modal Normativism. While claims about what is metaphysically necessary or possible have long played a central role in metaphysics and other areas of philosophy, suc…
Daniel Star presents a novel solution to the problem of reconciling normative ethics with ordinary virtue - for while ethical principles seem worth defending, it is not plausible to suggest that virtuous people in general follow them. He presents a new account of virtue, and ret…
"Reasons matter greatly to us in both ordinary and theoretical contexts, being connected to two fundamental normative concerns: figuring out what we should do and what attitudes to have, and understanding the duties and responsibilities that apply to us. This book introduces and…
""Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act's rightness or wrongness in terms of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. She""
"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 t…
Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act's rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral factors and theoretical foundations t…
