Moral Philosophy
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- Editor: Anthony O'Hear, University of Buckingham
- Date Published: May 2022
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What is moral philosophy? That is the question with which this important volume grapples. Its starting point is the famous critique made in 1958 by Elizabeth Anscombe, who argued that moral philosophy begins from a mistake: that it is fundamentally wrong about the sort of concept that the word 'moral' represents. Anscombe rejected moral philosophy as it was then (and mostly now still is) practised. She offered instead a blueprint for the task moral philosophers must embrace if they are to speak intelligibly to society about good and bad, right and wrong, duty and obligation. The chapters in this book are inspired by Anscombe's classic text. One of the most powerful voices here, among many authoritative voices, is that of Philippa Foot – Anscombe's lifelong friend – who asserts that 'any account of practical reason evacuated of an understanding of what human beings need to flourish is inadequate and must be rejected.'
Read more- Influential collection addressing one of the most powerful of all critiques of modern moral philosophy
- Contains important contrasting essays by Philippa Foot and Onora O'Neill
- It is impossible to understand moral philosophy without engaging with G. E. M. Anscombe
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- Date Published: May 2022
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781009118408
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
1. Rationality and goodness Philippa Foot
2. Acting well Anselm Winfried Muller
3. Apprehending human form Michael Thompson
4. Does modern moral philosophy rest on a mistake? Roger Crisp
5. Absolutes and particulars Tim Chappell
7. On the so-called logic of practical inference A. W. Price
8. Absolute prohibitions without divine promises Sabina Lovibond
9. Moral obligation Thomas Pink
10. The lesser evil Avishai Margalit
11. The ethics of co-operation in wrongdoing David S. Oderberg
12. Authority Roger Teichmann
13. The force of numbers Joseph Raz
13. Reason, Intention, and choice an essay in practical philosophy Gavin Lawrence
14. Modern moral philosophy and the problem of relevant descriptions Onora O'neill
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