Many moral particularisms -- Holisms about reasons -- Default reasons -- Moral vision -- Constitutive generalism -- From moral knowledge to default principles -- Beyond default principles: trimming the hedges -- Generalism as a regulative ideal -- Principled guidance
Summary
Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. The assumption that this is the best approach has been attacked by particularists. The authors meet the particularist challenge head on and defend 'generalism as a regulative ideal'
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-233) and index
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