| Description |
1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ethics and intuitions -- In search of the deep structure of morality / Frances Kamm -- Each of us is just one among others / Peter Singer -- Can we trust our intuitions? / Daniel Kahneman -- Virtue and flourishing -- The grammar of goodness / Philippa Foot -- The illusion of self-sufficiency / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Ethics and evolution -- The origin of fairness / Ken Binmore -- A pragmatic justification of morality / Allan Gibbard -- Unity and dissent -- The kingdom of ends on the cheap / T.M. Scanlon -- A mistrustful animal / Bernard Williams -- Love and morality -- The necessity of love / Harry Frankfurt -- Really seeing another / David Velleman |
| Summary |
Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong? Are moral judgements objective? What reason do we have to do what is right and avoid doing what is wrong? In Conversations on Ethics, Alex Voorhoeve elicits answers to these questions from eleven outstanding philosophers and social scientists: Ken Binmore Philippa Foot Harry Frankfurt Allan Gibbard Daniel Kahneman Frances Kamm Alasdair MacIntyre T.M. Scanlon Peter Singer David Velleman Bernard Williams The exchanges are direct, open, and sharp, and give a clear account of these thinkers' core ideas about ethics. They also provide unique |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Ethics.
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Philosophers -- Interviews
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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Ethics
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Philosophers
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Ethik
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Philosoph
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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Interview.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191550584 |
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0191550582 |
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