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基本説明
Moral particularism, presages a revolution in contemporary moral theory, which has consisted largely of attempts to show that either one general principle or a set of such principles is superior to all its rivals.
Full Description
Moral Particularism is a timely and penetrating investigation of a theoretical approach that seeks to transform moral philosophy. In the face of continuing disagreement about which general moral principles are correct, there has been a resurgence of interest in the view that the moral language cannot -- and need not -- be backed by any such generalizations.
This view, moral particularism, presages a revolution in contemporary moral theory, which has consisted largely of attempts to show that either one general principle or a set of such principles is superior to all its rivals.
Twelve new essays by a distinguished international team of contributors, including some of the leading moral philosophers of the day, debate the plausibility of moral particularism. This will be the starting-point for all future discussion of the topic, and compelling reading for all who work in moral philosophy.
Contents
1. Moral Particularism: Wrong and Bad ; 2. Particularising Particularism ; 3. The Truth in Particularism ; 4. Ethical Particularism and Patterns ; 5. Ethics as an Inexact Science: Aristotle's Ambition for Moral Theory ; 6. The Particularist's Progress ; 7. Ethical Particularism in Context ; 8. Particularity and Principle: The Structure of Moral Knowledge ; 9. Against Deriving Particularity ; 10. Why Practice Needs Ethical Theory: Particularism, Principle, and Bad Behaviour ; 11. Unprincipled Ethics ; 12. Moral Generalities Revisited ; Bibliography ; Index