Morality And Objectivity Routledge Revivals

Author : Ted Honderich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136668152
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality and Objectivity (Routledge Revivals) written by Ted Honderich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late J. L. Mackie and his work were a focus for much of the best philosophical thinking in the Oxford tradition. His moral thought centres on that most fundamental issue in moral philosophy – the issue of whether our moral judgements are in some way objective. The contributors to this volume, first published in 1985, are among the most distinguished figures in moral philosophy, and their essays in tribute to John Mackie present views at the forefront of the subject. Five of the essays give a new understanding of the objectivity of moral judgements. These are by Simon Blackburn, R.M. Hare, John McDowell, Susan Hurley and Bernard Williams. The remaining contributors – Philippa Foot, Steven Lukes, Amartya Sen, David Wiggins – give their attention to problems which are equally compelling, such as the defence of a moral outlook based on a conception of a need and of what follows from it. The volume also includes the addresses given by Simon Blackburn and George Cawkwell at the memorial service for John Mackie, and a list of his publications, compiled by Joan Mackie.

Author : Ted Honderich
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality and Objectivity written by Ted Honderich and published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the most fundamental issue in moral philosophy - whether our moral judgments are in some way objective.

Author : Paul Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317678745
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wittgenstein and Moral Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) written by Paul Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wittgenstein’s philosophical achievement lies in the development of a new philosophical method rather than in the elaboration of a particular philosophical system. Dr Paul Johnston applies this innovative method to the central problems of moral philosophy: whether there can be ‘truth’ in ethics, or what the meaning of objectivity might mean in the context of moral deliberation. Wittgenstein and Moral Philosophy, first published in 1989, represents the first serious and rigorous attempt to apply Wittgenstein’s method to ethics. The conclusions arrived at differ radically from those dominating contemporary ethical discussion, revealing an immense discrepancy between the ethical concepts employed in everyday moral decision-making and the way in which these are discussed by philosophers. Dr Johnston examines ways of eliminating this discrepancy in order to gain a clearer picture of the proper nature of moral claims, and at the same time provides new insights into Wittgenstein’s conception of philosophy.

Author : John Casey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135021627
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality and Moral Reasoning (Routledge Revivals) written by John Casey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, the five essays in this book were written by young philosophers at Cambridge at that time. They focus on two major questions of ethical theory: ‘What is it to judge morally?’ and ‘What makes a reason a moral reason?’. The book explores the relation of moral judgements to attitudes, emotions and beliefs as well as the notions of expression, agency, and moral responsibility.

Author : Lawrence C. Becker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317703278
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Justifying Moral Judgements (Routledge Revivals) written by Lawrence C. Becker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much discussion of morality presupposes that moral judgments are always, at bottom, arbitrary. Moral scepticism, or at least moral relativism, has become common currency among the liberally educated. This remains the case even while political crises become intractable, and it is increasingly apparent that the scope of public policy formulated with no reference to moral justification is extremely limited. The thesis of On Justifying Moral Judgments insists, on the contrary, that rigorous justifications are possible for moral judgments. Crucially, Becker argues for the coordination of the three main approaches to moral theory: axiology, deontology, and agent morality. A pluralistic account of the concept of value is expounded, and a solution to the problem of ultimate justification is suggested. Analyses of valuation, evaluation, the ‘is-ought’ issue, and the concepts of obligation, responsibility and the good person are all incorporated into the main line of argument.

Author : David Cheney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134696248
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broad's Critical Essays in Moral Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) written by David Cheney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideas of C. D. Broad have affected the work of moral philosophers throughout the twentieth century to the present day. First published in 1971, this edited volume contains Broad’s best essays on the philosophical problems of Ethics, mostly written and published between 1914 and 1964. Among the essays are Broad’s important critiques of G. E. Moore’s ethical theory, his lecture entitled ‘Determinism, Indeterminism and Libertarianism’, and other pieces discussing topics as broad as Conscience, Egoism and Free Will. This reissue serves as an important companion to Broad’s other works, a number of which have also been reissued within the Routledge Library Editions series, and will be invaluable to students interested in Broad’s theories and twentieth-century philosophical thought.

Author : John Casey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135021619
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality and Moral Reasoning (Routledge Revivals) written by John Casey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, the five essays in this book were written by young philosophers at Cambridge at that time. They focus on two major questions of ethical theory: ‘What is it to judge morally?’ and ‘What makes a reason a moral reason?’. The book explores the relation of moral judgements to attitudes, emotions and beliefs as well as the notions of expression, agency, and moral responsibility.

Author : Lena Jayyusi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317745310
Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book Categorization and the Moral Order (Routledge Revivals) written by Lena Jayyusi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this is a study of categorization practices: how people categorize each other and their actions; how they describe, infer, and judge. The book presents a sociological analysis and description of practical activities and makes a cogent contribution to the study of how the moral order actually works in practical communicative contexts. Among the issues dealt with are: collectivity categorizations, the organization of lists and descriptions, moral attribution and inferences, and the relationship between standards of morality and standards of rationality.

Author : R. S. Peters
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317494784
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics and Education (Routledge Revivals) written by R. S. Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966, this book was written to serve as an introductory textbook in the philosophy of education, focusing on ethics and social philosophy. It presents a distinctive point of view both about education and ethical theory and arrived at a time when education was a matter of great public concern. It looks at questions such as ‘What do we actually mean by education?’ and provides a proper ethical foundation for education in a democratic society. The book will appeal to both teachers and students of philosophy as well as education.

Author : David Cheney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134696310
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broad's Critical Essays in Moral Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) written by David Cheney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideas of C. D. Broad have affected the work of moral philosophers throughout the twentieth century to the present day. First published in 1971, this edited volume contains Broad’s best essays on the philosophical problems of Ethics, mostly written and published between 1914 and 1964. Among the essays are Broad’s important critiques of G. E. Moore’s ethical theory, his lecture entitled ‘Determinism, Indeterminism and Libertarianism’, and other pieces discussing topics as broad as Conscience, Egoism and Free Will. This reissue serves as an important companion to Broad’s other works, a number of which have also been reissued within the Routledge Library Editions series, and will be invaluable to students interested in Broad’s theories and twentieth-century philosophical thought.