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Morality and the Good Life includes thirty-four contemporary selections on morality and theory of value, emphasizing value theory, meta-ethics and normative ethics. It can serve as the main text for undergraduate and graduate courses on contemporary ethical theory, moral philosophy and theory of value. Its selections are essentially nontechnical and accessible to a wide range of readers, including advanced undergraduates, from various disciplines. The book's selections fall under six main topics: (I) Concepts of Goodness, (II) What Things are Good?, (III) Virtues and Ethics, (IV) Realism vs. Anti-Realism, (V) Value and Obligation, and (VI) The Value and Meaning of Life.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION PART I. CONCEPTS OF GOODNESS A. Cognitivist Approaches 1.: G. E. Moore: The Subject-Matter of Ethics 2.: Roderick Firth: Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer B. Nonognitivist Approaches: Defense and Criticism 3.: A. J. Ayer: Critique of Ethics 4.: W. D. Ross: Critique of Ayer 5.: A. J. Ayer: Reply to Critics 6.: Allan Gibbard: Expressivism 7.: R. M. Hare: Selections from Descriptive Meaning and Principles 8.: Phillipa Foot: Moral Beliefs C. Kinds of Goodness 9.: Christine Korsgaard: Two Distinctions in Goodness PART 11. WHAT THINGS ARE GOOD? A. Hedonism: Defense and Criticism 10.: Henry Sidgwick: Ultimate Good 11.: Robert Nozick: Value and Pleasure B. The Desire-Satisfaction Theory: Defense and Criticism 12.: G. H. von Wright: The Good of Man 13.: Richard Kraut: Desire and the Human Good C. Objectivist Theories 14.: G. E. Moore: The Ideal 15.: W. D. Ross: What things are Good? and Moral Goodness 16.: Thomas Hurka: Perfectionism 17.: Derek Parfit: What Makes Someone's Life Go Best? PART III. VIRTUES AND ETHICS 18.: G. E. M. Anscombe: Modern Moral Philosophy 19.: Phillipa Foot: Virtues and Vices 20.: Alasdair MacIntyre: The Nature of the Virtues PART IV. REALISM VS. ANTI-REALISM 21.: J. L. Mackie: The Subjectivity of Values 22.: John McDowell: Values and Secondary Qualities 23.: Simon Blackburn: Errors and the Phenomenology of Value 24.: Nicholas Sturgeon: Moral Explanations PART V. VALUE AND OBLIGATION 25.: G. E. Moore: Results the Test of Right and Wrong 26.: J. J. C. Smart: Act-Utilitarianism and Rule-Utilitarianism 27.: Richard Brandt: The Real and Alleged Problems of Utilitarianism 28.: W. D. Ross: What Makes Right Acts Right? 29.: W. K. Frankena: Obligation and Motivation in Recent Moral Philosophy 30.: Robert M. Adams: A Modified Divine Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness PART VI. THE VALUE AND MEANING OF LIFE 31.: Leo Tolstoy: My Confession 32.: Paul Edwards: Meaning and Value of Life 33.: Norman Dahl: Morality and the Meaning of Life: Some First Thoughts 34.: Michael Slote: Goods and Lives BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL THEORY INDEX

Review :
"An excellent selection of essays on the most important topics of ethics and ethical theories..."--Ivan Boh, Ohio State University "A wonderful selection of some of the great articles and short pieces on ethics."--William E. Hannaford, Jr., Champlain College "This valuable reader is clearly organized, providing students with a comprehensive framework as well as comprehensible introductions to the discipline in general and individual moral philosophers in particular. The work is equally valuable as a primary text, supplemental reader, and/or reference source."--Harold Warlick, High Point University "Excellent and accessible work. Introduction and summaries of articles quite lucid. Comprehensive in range and outlook. A positive contribution."--Ramesh Patel, Antioch College


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  • ISBN-13: 9780195105384
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 800 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0195105389
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jan 1997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: N


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