| Description |
v, 522 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Concepts of Goodness. 1. The Subject-Matter of Ethics / G. E. Moore. 2. Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer / Roderick Firth. 3. Critique of Ethics / A. J. Ayer. 4. Critique of Ayer / W. D. Ross. 5. Reply to Critics / A. J. Ayer. 6. Expressivism / Allan Gibbard. 7. Selections from "Descriptive Meaning" and "Principles" / R. M. Hare. 8. Moral Beliefs / Philippa Foot. 9. Two Distinctions in Goodness / Christine Korsgaard -- Pt. II. What Things Are Good? 10. Ultimate Good / Henry Sidgwick. 11. Value and Pleasure / Robert Nozick. 12. The Good of Man / G. H. von Wright. 13. Desire and the Human Good / Richard Kraut. 14. The Ideal / G. E. Moore. 15. What Things Are Good? / W. D. Ross. 16. Perfectionism / Thomas Hurka. 17. What Makes Someone's Life Go Best? / Derek Parfit -- Pt. III. Virtues and Ethics. 18. Modern Moral Philosophy / G. E. M. Anscombe. 19. Virtues and Vices / Philippa Foot. 20. The Nature of the Virtues / Alasdair MacIntyre |
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Pt. IV. Realism vs. Anti-Realism. 21. The Subjectivity of Values / J. L. Mackie. 22. Values and Secondary Qualities / John McDowell. 23. Errors and the Phenomenology of Value / Simon Blackburn. 24. Moral Explanations / Nicholas Sturgeon -- Pt. V. Value and Obligation. 25. Results, the Test of Right and Wrong / G. E. Moore. 26. Act-Utilitarianism and Rule-Utilitarianism / J. J. C. Smart. 27. The Real and Alleged Problems of Utilitarianism / Richard Brandt. 28. What Makes Right Acts Right? / W. D. Ross. 29. Obligation and Motivation in Recent Moral Philosophy / William K. Frankena. 30. A Modified Divine Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness / Robert M. Adams -- Pt. VI. The Value and Meaning of Life. 31. My Confession / Leo Tolstoy. 32. Meaning and the Value of Life / Paul Edwards. 33. Morality and the Meaning of Life: Some First Thoughts / Norman Dahl. 34. Goods and Lives / Michael Slote -- Bibliography on Contemporary Ethical Theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-514) and index |
| Subject |
Ethics, Modern -- 20th century -- Sources.
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Ethics.
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| Author |
Carson, Thomas L., 1950-
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Moser, Paul K., 1957-
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| LC no. |
96044810 |
| ISBN |
0195105370 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195105389 paperback |
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