
Interventions in Ethics
D. Z. Phillips(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 301 pages
978-1-349-11541-9 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays explores the area of ethics in relation to issues such as the nature of moral endeavour and the request for a justification of moral endeavour. Professor Phillips considers the work of Thomas Nagel and Peter Winch in this book.
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Edition
1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 301 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-11541-9 (9781349115419)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-11539-6
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Interventions in Ethics
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Content
On morality's having a point; moral practices and Anscombe's grocer; the possibilities of moral advice; after virtue; the presumption of theory; what can we expect from ethics?; not in front of the children - children and the hetrogenity of morals; does it pay to be good?; in search of the moral "must" - Mrs Foot's fugitive thought; do moral considerations override others?; an argument from extreme cases?; morality and purpose; how lucky can you get?; some limits to moral endeavour; self-knowledge and pessimism; my neighbour and my neighbours; philosophy and the heterogeneity of the human; necessary reward, necesary punishment and character.