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Normative Ethics

By Shelly Kagan

Book information

Publisher
Westview Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0813308461, 9780813308463, 0813308453, 9780813308456
LCC
BJ1012 .K244 1998
Open Library ID
OL683856M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15894365 bytes)
Series
Dimensions of Philosophy
Pages
352\354
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act’s rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral factors and theoretical foundations that reflects the actual working practices of contemporary moral philosophers.The first half of the book presents a systematic survey of the basic normative factors, focusing on controversial questions concerning the precise content of each factor, its scope and significance, and its relationship to other factors. The second half of the book then examines the competing theories about the foundations of normative ethics, theories that attempt to explain why the basic normative factors have the moral significance that they do.Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, this book should also appeal to the general reader looking for a clearly written overview of the basic principles of moral philosophy.

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