Ethical Essays: v. 2
Published on 19. August 1993
Book
Hardback
297 pages
978-1-85628-411-0 (ISBN)
Description
The second of two volumes of previously published articles, plus some new material. The two volumes cover a wide range of topics from moral philosophy, including utilitarianism, moral epistemology, imperativism, ethics, morality and religion, and the work of Kant, Hume and Hare.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 223 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-411-0 (9781856284110)
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Content
A Morals and religion: 1 Christian virtues; 2 Can I have a duty to believe in God?; 3 Malt does more than Peter can or on behalf of the damned; 4 This world and the next; 5 Be ye therefore perfect or the ineradicability of sin; 6 Some reflections on the ethics of knowledge and belief. B The moral philosophies of Kant, Hume and Hare: 7 Kant's examples of the first formulation of the categorical imperative; 8 The categorical imperative; 9 Hume's moral theory; 10 Mackie's moral "scepticism"; 11 Ethics and the archangelic prescriber. C Miscellaneous: 12 Self interest and duty; 13 When is a principle a moral principle?; 14 Moral talking and moral living or solace for obsessionals; 15 The importance of being important. D Some moral tales: 16 Tom and Jerry or what price Pelagius?; 17 A tale of two citizens; 18 The island of the unborn; 19 A model for administrators; 20 The ideal marriage; 21 War between the hemispheres; 22 Utopias unlimited; 23 Desert island deontology; 24 Predicting the unpredictable; 25 The real Oedipus; 26 Outwitting the oracle