Essays on Henry Sidgwick

Table of Contents

Foreword J. B. Schneewind
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Henry Sidgwick today Bart Schultz
Part I. Common-Sense Morality, Deontology, Utilitarianism:
1. Sidgwick and nineteenth-century British ethical thought Marcus G. Singer
2. Sidgwick and the Cambridge moralists J. B. Schneewind
3. Sidgwick and Whewellian intuitionism: some enigmas Alan Donagan
4. Common sense at the foundations Russell Hardin
Part II. Egoism, Dualism, Identity:
5. Sidgwick's pessimism J. L. Mackie
6. Sidgwick and the history of ethical dualism William K. Frankena
7. Sidgwick and the rationale for rational egoism David O. Brink
8. Sidgwick on ethical judgment John Deigh
Part III. Hedonism, Good, Perfection:
9. Sidgwick on desire, pleasure, and the good Thomas Christiano
10. Eminent Victorians and Greek ethics: Sidgwick, Green, and Aristotle T. H. Irwin
11. The attractive and the imperative: Sidgwick's view of Greek ethics Nicholas P. White
Part IV. History, Politics, Pragmatism:
12. The ordinary experience of civilized life: Sidgwick's politics and the method of reflective analysis Stefan Collini
13. Rethinking tradition: Sidgwick and the philosophy of the via media James T. Kloppenberg
Index.

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