Morals from Motives e-bog
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Morals from Motives develops a virtue ethics inspired more by Hume and Hutcheson's moral sentimentalism than by recently-influential Aristotelianism. It argues that a reconfigured and expanded "e;morality of caring"e; can offer a general account of right and wrong action as well as social justice. Expanding the frontiers of ethics, it goes on to show how a motive-based "e;pure"e...
E-bog
253,01 DKK
Forlag
Oxford University Press
Udgivet
15 februar 2001
Genrer
HPQ
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780190207939
Morals from Motives develops a virtue ethics inspired more by Hume and Hutcheson's moral sentimentalism than by recently-influential Aristotelianism. It argues that a reconfigured and expanded "e;morality of caring"e; can offer a general account of right and wrong action as well as social justice. Expanding the frontiers of ethics, it goes on to show how a motive-based "e;pure"e; virtue theory can also help us to understand the nature of human well-being and practical reason.