The Rational Foundations of Ethics

T. L. S. Sprigge (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50269-0 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1988, this landmark study develops its own positive account of the nature and foundations of moral judgement, while at the same time serving as a guide to the range of views on the matter which have been given in modern western philosophy. The book addresses itself to two main questions: Can moral judgements be true or false in that fundamental sense in which a true proposition is one which describes things as they really are? Are rational methods available in ethics which can be expected to produce convergence on shared moral views on the part of those who use them intelligently?

T. L. S. Sprigge was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh

1. Utilitarianism 2. Intuitionism: Moore’s Ideal Utilitarianism and Ross’s Theory of Duty 3. The Attitude Theory of Ethics and Some Related Theories 4. Some Great Historical Moralists 5. Pleasure and Pain 6. Desire, Will and Moral Judgement 7. A Kind of Utilitarianism 8. Justice, Rights and Ought 9. Moral Character 10. Ethics and Metaphysics

Erscheinungsdatum	24.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-367-50269-0 / 0367502690
ISBN-13	978-0-367-50269-0 / 9780367502690
Zustand	Neuware