Rationality, Rules, and Ideals

Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory
Herausgeber: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter; Audi, Robert

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays by prestigious authors discussing the work of Bernard Gert, Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780742513174
• ISBN-10: 0742513173
• Artikelnr.: 22738840

Autorenporträt

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College. Robert Audi is professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, and editor of the Rowman & Littlefield series, "Elements of Philosophy."

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Scope and Structure of the Essays: A Short Introduction
Chapter 2 Precis of Morality: Its Nature and Justification
Chapter 3 Part I: Justification and Method
Chapter 4 Justification in Bernard Gert's Moral Theory
Chapter 5 Gert's Moral Theory and Discourse Ethics
Chapter 6 On the Relevance of Ignorance to the Demands of Morality
Chapter 7 Part II: Rationality and Reasons
Chapter 8 Reasons and Rationality in the Moral Philosophy of Bernard Gert
Chapter 9 Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists
Chapter 10 Bernard Gert's Complex Hybrid Conception of Rationality
Chapter 11 Part III: Consequences and Rules
Chapter 12 Gert on Aid to Others
Chapter 13 Gert Contra Consequentialism
Chapter 14 The Role of Rules
Chapter 15 Part IV: Ideals and Goods
Chapter 16 Moral Ideals
Chapter 17 Accentuate the Negative: Negative Values, Moral Theory, and
Common Sense
Chapter 18 A Note on Harms and Evils in Gert's Moral Theory
Chapter 19 Is the Lessening of Evil the Only Goal of Morality? A Role for
Eudaimonia in Gert's Moral System
Chapter 20 Part V: Virtue and Character
Chapter 21 Rules and Virtues
Chapter 22 Character, Immoraility, and Punishment
Chapter 23 Part VI: Reply
Chapter 24 Replies to my Critics