Ethics and qualities of life /

Kupperman looks at what enters into ethical judgement and choice. Interpretation of a case and of what the options are is always a factor, as is a sense of the possible values at stake. Intuitions also enter in but are unreliable. A moral judgement is putatively part of a moral order in a society th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kupperman, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Ethics.
Life.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Life
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Existential choices and dislocations
  • Construals, valencing
  • The relevance of construal and valencing to good choice
  • The importance of character
  • Personal morality and its social implications
  • Steps to theory
  • The bases of ethical theory
  • The need for a moral order
  • The logic of consequentialism
  • Some difficulties of consequentialism
  • The evolution of ethical theories
  • A modulated case for the primacy of value.

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