Ethics and moral philosophy Books
Oxford University Press, USA Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing
Book SynopsisAt what age should children acquire adult rights? To what extent are parents morally permitted to shape the beliefs of their children? How should childbearing rights and resources be distributed? Matthew Clayton provides a controversial set of answers to these and related issues in this pivotal new work.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Liberal Foundations ; 2. Childrearing Rights and Their Distribution ; 3. Parents and Public Reason ; 4. Education for Justice ; 5. The Voting Age ; Bibliography
£130.00
Oxford University Press, USA DoubleEffect Reasoning Doing Good and Avoiding Evil Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
Book SynopsisWhat should you do when you cannot achieve a good without also causing a foreseen, but not intended, evil (such as killing non-combatants when bombing a military target)? This book articulates, and defends, an ancient approach to this common problem, double-effect reasoning.Trade Review...clearly and methodically written...there is much of value in this book... * Joseph Shaw, The Philosophical Quarterly *...the whole topic is a difficult one and Cavanaugh's book is a useful contribution to the literature. * Antony Ellis, Mind *...a fine piece of work. Double-effect reasoning is an important lesson to learn. * John Turnbull, New Directions *Table of Contents1. The history of double-effect reasoning ; 2. The contemporary conversation ; 3. The i/f distinction: distinguishing intent from foresight ; 4. The i/f distinction's ethical import ; 5. DER and remaining considerations
£147.50
Oxford University Press, USA Future People A Moderate Consequentialist Account of Our Obligations to Future Generations
Book SynopsisBased on a rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction, this book presents a theory of our obligations to future generations. It also brings together many different contemporary philosophical discussions, including the demands of morality and international justice, and includes discussions of contract-based accounts.Trade ReviewThe discussion is lively, incisive and provocative and will make an enduring contribution. Certainly anyone interested in consequentialism or moral status of future persons will learn a great deal from this fascinating and extremely worthwhile book. * M. A. Roberts, Mind Journal *What we owe to our own children, to the children of others, to our descendants, to the descendants of others, to future distant generations in our community, and to the future distant generation of distant others is a question few moral theories fully address. This glaring oversight is finally remedied by Tim Mulgan's Future People, an in-depth analysis of our obligations to future people, and the implications this analysis has for the plausibility of moral theories. Mulgan's extremely clear style makes Future People accessible and enjoyable. This book...should be read by all who take moral interest in others (and even more so by those who don't).... Mulgan has written a timely and important book of incredibly impressive scope and interest. He argues in favor of highly reasonable reproductive rules and his intriguing book will no doubt be of great value to this neglected area of ethics. * Rivka Weinberg, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Contract Theory ; 3. Value Theory ; 4. Hybrid Moral Theories ; 5. Rule Consequentialism ; 6. Reproductive Freedom ; 7. Optimism and Pessimism ; 8. Disagreement and Uncertainty ; 9. International Justice ; 10. The Limits of Rule Consequentialism ; 11. Dividing Morality
£107.50
OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to current thought about ethical issues in all areas of human activity--personal, medical, sexual, social, political, judicial, and international, from the natural world to the world of business. Twenty-eight topics are covered in specially written surveys by leading figures in their fields: each gives an authoritative map of the ethical terrain, explaining how the debate has developed in recent years, engaging critically with the most nTable of Contents1. Sexuality ; 2. Love ; 3. Family ; 4. Children ; 5. Abortion ; 6. Reproductive Technology ; 7. Animals ; 8. Environment ; 9. Gender and Sexual Discrimination ; 10. Race and Racial Discrimination ; 11. Affirmative Action ; 12. People with Disabilities ; 13. Punishment ; 14. Freedom of Speech and Religion ; 15. Legal Paternalism ; 16. Multi-culturalism ; 17. Economic Justice ; 18. Inter-generational Justice ; 19. Privacy ; 20. Corporate Responsibility ; 21. Whistleblowing ; 22. Immigration ; 23. National Autonomy ; 24. International Economic Justice ; 25. World Hunger ; 26. Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide ; 27. Capital Punishment ; 28. War
£52.00
Clarendon Press Reason and Value
Book SynopsisReason and Value collects 15 new papers by leading contemporary philosophers on themes from the work of Joseph Raz. Raz has made major contributions in a wide range of areas, including jurisprudence, political philosophy, and the theory of practical reason; but all of his work displays a deep engagement with central themes in moral philosophy. The subtlety and power of Raz''s reflections on ethical topics make his writings a fertile source for anyone working in this area. Especially significant are his explorations of the connections between practical reason and the theory of value, which constitute a sustained and penetrating treatment of a set of issues at the very center of moral philosophy as it is practiced today. The contributors to the volume acknowledge the importance of Raz''s contributions by engaging critically with his positions and offering independent perspectives on the topics that he has addressed. The volume aims both to honour Raz''s accomplishments in the area of ethTrade ReviewIt is necessary reading for anyone with a serious interest in those areas. * Niko Kolodny, Mind *Table of Contents1. Shared Valuing and Frameworks for Practical Reasoning ; 2. Reasons ; 3. Can Desires Provide Reasons for Action? ; 4. Enticing Reasons ; 5. Disengaging Reason ; 6. Raz on Values and Reasons ; 7. The Truth in Deontology ; 8. How to Engage Reason: The Problem of Regress ; 9. Why am I my Brother's Keeper? ; 10. Reasons: A Puzzling Duality? ; 11. Projects, Relationships, and Reasons ; 12. Egalitarianism, Choice-Sensitivity, and Accomodation ; 13. Raz on the Intelligibility of Bad Acts ; 14. What is it to Wrong Someone? A Puzzle about Justice ; 15. The Rightness of Acts and the Goodness of Lives
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Clarendon Press Ethics Without Principles
Book SynopsisJonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not in any way depend on an adequate supply of principles. Dancy grounds this claim on a form of reasons-holism, holding that what is a reason in one case need not be any reason in another, and maintaining that moral reasons are no different in this respect from others. He puts forward a distinctive form of value-holism to go with the holism of reasons, and he gives a detailed discussion, much needed, of the currently popular topic of ''contributory'' reasons. Opposing positions of all sorts are summarized and criticized. Ethics Without Principles is the definitive statement of particularist ethical theory, and will be required reading for all tTrade ReviewReview from previous edition How shall we fix the content of particularism? If anyone has earned the right to fix it it must be Jonathan Dancy . . . who has certainly, by his writings in the area over more than twenty years, given the term common currency in ethics. His rich and subtle new book . . . is a hugely rewarding and interesting read, at the cutting edge of contemporary debate in the area: truly a book that cannot be ignored. For my own part, I look forward to continuing to enjoy and be instructed by Ethics without Principles for years to come. * Timothy Chappell, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The book is high-octane philosophy. The structure is clear, the writing elegant, the argument peppered with outlooks into other areas of philosophy. A formidable experience. * Christopher Fehige, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsI. CATCHING THE CONTRIBUTORY ; II. FROM HOLISM TO PARTICULARISM ; III. HOLISM IN THE THEORY OF VALUE
£37.99
Clarendon Press Weighing Lives
Book SynopsisWe are often faced with choices that involve the weighing of people''s lives against each other, or the weighing of lives against other good things. These are choices both for individuals and for societies. A person who is terminally ill may have to choose between palliative care and more aggressive treatment, which will give her a longer life but at some cost in suffering. We have to choose between the convenience to ourselves of road and air travel, and the lives of the future people who will be killed by the global warming we cause, through violent weather, tropical disease, and heat waves. We also make choices that affect how many lives there will be in the future: as individuals we choose how many children to have, and societies choose tax policies that influence people''s choices about having children. These are all problems of weighing lives.How should we weigh lives? Weighing Lives develops a theoretical basis for answering this practical question. It extends the work and methoTrade ReviewNumerous publications grapple with the value of life, but Weighing Lives is more important and more substantial than most. In an area in which many authors content themselves with a gallimaufry of peculiar moral intuitions, Broome digs deep and argues with rigour. * TLS *Review from previous edition Weighing Lives is an exemplary piece of moral philosophy, written at an awesome level of clarity and rigour ... there is scarcely an extraneous word ... brilliant and provocative * Daniel Hausman, Mind *an engrossing book which is a model of clarity, elegance, and rigour. Written, as good philosophy should be, as a contribution to a joint enterprise, it sets out a bold position in a way that invites further discussion and provides a platform for the development of diverging views. It should serve as the reference-point for future theorizing about population ethics in particular, and the aggregation of well-being more generally. * Garrett Cullity, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of Contents1. Weighing lives ; 2. Some technical matters ; 3. Right and good ; 4. Features of Goodness ; 5. Quantities of lifetime wellbeing ; 6. Quantities of temporal wellbeing ; 7. Separability of times ; 8. Separability of lives ; 9. Same-number aggregation ; 10. The neutral level for existence ; 11. Nonstandard betterness ; 12. Indeterminate betterness ; 13. Separability of people ; 14. The standardized total principle ; 15. Same-lifetime aggregation ; 16. A life worth living ; 17. The value of a life ; 18. The theory of weighing lives ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Human Rights and Human WellBeing
Book SynopsisIn the last half of the twentieth century, legalized segregation ended in the southern United States, apartheid ended in South Africa, women in many parts of the world came to be recognized as having equal rights with men, persons with disabilities came to be recognized as having rights to develop and exercise their human capabilities, colonial peoples'' rights of self-determination were recognized, and rights of gays and lesbians have begun to be recognized. It is hard not to see these developments as examples of real moral progress. But what is moral progress? In this book, William Talbott offers a surprising answer to that question. He proposes a consequentialist meta-theoretical principle of moral and legal progress, the main principle, to explain why these changes are examples of moral and legal progress. On Talbott''s account, improvements to our moral or legal practices are changes that, when evaluated as a practice, contribute to equitably promoting well-being. Talbott uses theTrade ReviewHuman Rights and Human Well-Being is an exemplar of first-rate analytic philosophy extended to pressing normative questions. . . . Talbott's proposed methodology is paradigm shifting and will excite much debate in moral philosophy. . . . There is much to learn from Talbott's incisive treatments of Kant, Rawls, Nozick, Dworkin, and others . . . . Talbott is to be commended for a significant contribution to moral philosophy and the philosophy of human rights. * Kok-Chor Tan, Philosophical Review *Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Consequentialist Project for Human Rights ; Chapter 2. Exceptions to Libertarian Natural Rights ; Chapter 3. The Main Principle ; Chapter 4. What is Well-Being? What is Equity? ; Chapter 5. The Two Deepest Mysteries in Moral Philosophy ; Chapter 6. Security Rights ; Chapter 7. Epistemological Foundations for the Priority of Autonomy Rights ; Chapter 8. The Millian Epistemological Argument for Autonomy Rights ; Chapter 9. Property Rights, Contract Rights, and Other Economic Rights ; Chapter 10. Democratic Rights ; Chapter 11: Equity Rights ; Chapter 12. The Most Reliable Judgment Standard for Weak Paternalism ; Chapter 13. Liberty Rights and Privacy Rights ; Chapter 14. Clarifications and Responses to Objections ; Chapter 15. Conclusion ; References ; Notes
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Oxford University Press Vulnerability New Essays In Ethics And Feminist Philosophy Studies In Feminist Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe aim of this volume is to open up reflection on the nature of vulnerability, the responsibilities owed to the vulnerable, who bears these responsibilities, and how they are best fulfilled. In canvassing responses to these questions, the contributors engage with a range of ethical traditions and with issues in contemporary political philosophy and bioethics. Some essays in the volume explore the connections between vulnerability, autonomy, dignity, and justice. Other essays engage with a feminist ethics of care to articulate the relationship between vulnerability, dependence, and care. These theoretical approaches are complemented by detailed examination of vulnerability in specific contexts, including disability; responsibilities to children; intergenerational justice; and care of the elderly. The essays thus address fundamental questions concerning our moral duties to each other as individuals and as citizens. Contributing significantly to the development of an ethics of vulnerability, this volume opens up promising avenues for future research in feminist philosophy, moral and political philosophy, and bioethics.Trade ReviewVulnerability is a notable volume for multiple reasons, including the variety of philosophical perspectives it contains, the caliber of its contributors, and the rigor of the essays themselves. The value of the collection is evident from the very start, which is to say, from the introduction. Introductions to edited volumes rarely elicit comment, as they tend to function primarily as a preview of coming attractions. In this instance, however, editors Catriona Mackenzie, Wendy Rogers, and Susan Dodds demonstrate just how excellent and useful an introduction can be, offering one that is simply not to be missed. * Hypatia Reviews Online *Happily, the essays in this volume canvas a range of ways in which being (or appearing to be) vulnerable bears on a range of other important topics, such as agency, autonomy, care, competence, dependence, discrimination, justice, obligation, respect, responsibility, rights, and risk. Thus, those who read this book will be rewarded with a wealth of stimulating ideas, not only on what human vulnerability is, but also on what should be done about it. * Australasian Journal of Philosophy *Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: What Is Vulnerability and Why Does It Matter for Moral Theory? ; Catriona Mackenzie, Wendy Rogers, Susan Dodds ; Part I: Reflections on Vulnerability ; 1. The Importance of Relational Autonomy and Capabilities for an Ethics of Vulnerability ; Catriona Mackenzie ; 2. Vulnerability and Bioethics ; Wendy Rogers ; 3. The Role of Vulnerability in Kantian Ethics ; Paul Formosa ; 4. Moral Vulnerability and the Task of Reparations ; Margaret Urban Walker ; 5. Autonomy and Vulnerability Entwined ; Joel Anderson ; 6. Being in Time: Ethics and Temporal Vulnerability ; Janna Thompson ; Part II: Vulnerability, Dependency and Care ; 7. Dependence, care and vulnerability ; Susan Dodds ; 8. Disability and Vulnerability: on Bodies, Dependence and Power ; Jackie Leach Scully ; 9. Moral Responsibility for Coerced Wrongdoing: the Case of Abused Women Who "Fail to Protect" Their Children ; Marilyn Friedman ; 10. Parental Values and Children's Vulnerability ; Mianna Lotz ; 11. Children, Vulnerability, and Emotional Harm ; Amy Mullin ; 12. Vulnerability and Aging in the Context of Care ; Rosemarie Tong
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Oxford University Press Thinking Like a Planet
Book SynopsisBringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach. Whereas other environmental ethicists limit themselves to what Callicott calls Rational Individualism in discussing the problem of climate change only to conclude that, essentially, there is little hope that anything will be done in the face of its perfect moral storm (in Stephen Gardiner''s words), Callicott refuses to accept this view. Instead, he encourages us to look to the Earth itself, and consider the crisis on grander spatial and temporal scales, as we have failed to in the past. Callicott supports this theory by exploring and enhancing Aldo Leopold''s faint sketch of an Earth ethic in Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest, a seldom-studied text from the early days of environmental ethics that was written in 1923 butTrade ReviewBaird Callicott's magisterial book brings together science and philosophy in a fascinating search for an ethic that truly responds to the global-scale reality of today's most pressing environmental concerns. Highly recommended. * James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, and former dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies *Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic was one of the great philosophical (and practical) developments of the 20th century, and Now J. Baird Callicott manages to extend its scale dramatically. Trenchant and fascinating. * Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Making of an Unlikely Activist *An innovative, pioneering, and powerful synthesis of Aldo Leopold's ethics. Callicott broadens Leopold's well-known land ethic by identifying within his writings a comprehensive Earth ethic that is global in scope. Together the two ethics entail sentient community insights and planetary visions. Anyone who seeks a moral grounding for current conservation, resource, and environmental actions will want to read this book. * Carolyn Merchant, Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at University of California Berkeley and author of The Death of Nature; Ecological Revolutions; and Reinventing Eden *Over the last four decades no one has done more to construct the intellectual framework of modern environmental ethics than J. Baird Callicott. Now, in this sweeping synthesis, Callicott draws upon an extraordinary breadth of insights from Western and non-Western philosophy, political theory, ecocriticism, religious studies, environmental history, the history of science, evolutionary biology, ecology, and earth science to provide the fullest development of his ideas. If we are to find our way forward in the 'Age of Consequences,' humanity will need to think anew about our history and our values, our prospects and our place in time. Callicott is an indispensable and challenging guide as we continue in this necessary task. * Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, The Aldo Leopold Foundation and author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work *abundantly stimulating and vital contribution to Leopold scholarship, climate ethics and environmental philosophy... * Piers H.G Stephens, Environmental Values *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART 1: THE LAND ETHIC ; 1. A Sand County Almanac ; 1.1 The Author ; 1.2 The Provenance of the Book ; 1.3 The Unity of A Sand County Almanac-An Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.4 The Argument of the Foreword-Toward Worldview Remediation ; 1.5 The Argument in Part I-The Inter-subjective Biotic Community-Introduced ; 1.6 The Argument of Part I-The Inter-subjective Biotic Community-Driven Home ; 1.7 The Argument in Part II-The Evolutionary Aspect: Time and Telos ; 1.8 The Argument in Part II-The Evolutionary Aspect: Beauty, Kinship, and Spirituality ; 1.9 The Argument of Part II-The Ecological Aspect ; 1.10 The Argument of Part II-The Pivotal Trope: "Thinking Like a Mountain" ; 1.11 Norton's Narrow Interpretation of Leopold's Worldview-remediation Project ; 1.12 The Argument of Part III-To "See" with the Ecologist's "Mental Eye" ; 1.13 The Argument of Part III-Axiological Implications of the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.14 The Argument of Part III-The Normative Implications of the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.15 The Persuasive Power of Leopold's Style of Writing ; 1.16 The New Shifting Paradigm in Ecology and the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.17 The Challenge Before Us ; 2. The Land Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Philosophical and Evolutionary Foundations ; 2.1 The Odysseus Vignette ; 2.2 Expansion of the Scope of Ethics Over Time (?) ; 2.3 Ethical Criteria/Norms/Ideals versus (un)Ethical Behavior/Practice ; 2.4 Ethics Ecologically (Biologically) Speaking ; 2.5 Darwin's Account of the Origin of Ethics by Natural Selection ; 2.6 Darwin's Account of the Extension of Ethics ; 2.7 The Community Concept in Ecology ; 2.8 The Humean Foundations of Darwin's Evolutionary Account of the Moral Sense ; 2.9 Universalism and Relativism: Hume and Darwin ; 2.10 How Hume Anticipates Darwin's Account of the Origin and Expansion of Ethics ; 2.11 Shades of the Social-Contract Theory of Ethics in "The Land Ethic" ; 2.12 Individualism in (Benthamic) Utilitarianism and (Kantian) Deontology ; 2.13 Holism in Hume's Moral Philosophy ; 2.14 Holism in "The Land Ethic" ; 2.15 The Land Ethic and the Problem of Ecofascism Resolved ; 2.16 Prioritizing Cross-community Duties and Obligations ; 2.17 Is The Land Ethic Anthropocentric or Non-anthropocentric? ; 3. The Land Ethic (an Ought): A Critical Account of Its Ecological Foundations (an Is) ; 3.1 Moore's Naturalistic Fallacy ; 3.2 Hume's Is/Ought Dichotomy and the Land Ethic ; 3.3 How Hume Bridges the Lacuna Between Is-statements and Ought-statements ; 3.4 How Kant Infers Ought-statements from Is-statements in Hypothetical Imperatives ; 3.5 The Specter of Hume's Is/Ought Dichotomy Finally Exorcised ; 3.6 The Roles of Reason and Feeling in Hume's Ethical Theory Generally and Leopold's Land Ethic Particularly ; 3.7 How the General Theory of Evolution Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.8 How Ecosystem Ecology Informs the Land Ethic-Beyond the Biota ; 3.9 How Ecosystem Ecology Informs the Land Ethic-A Fountain of Energy ; 3.10 How Organismic Ecology Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.11 How Mechanistic Ecology Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.12 How the Ecosystem Paradigm Returns Ecology to Its Organismic Roots ; 3.13 How Leopold Anticipates Hierarchy Theory in "The Land Ethic" ; 3.14 Ecological Ontology and the Community Paradigm in Ecology ; 3.15 Ecological Ontology and the Ecosystem Paradigm in Ecology ; 3.16 The "Flux of Nature" Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Ecology and "The Land Ethic" ; 3.17 A Revised Summary Moral Maxim for the Land Ethic ; 4. The Land Ethic and the Science of Ethics: From the Seventeenth through the Twentieth Centuries ; 4.1 Hobbes's Science of Ethics ; 4.2 Locke's Science of Ethics ; 4.3 Hume's Science of Ethics ; 4.4 Kant's Science of Ethics ; 4.5 The Utilitarian Science of Ethics ; 4.6 How Logical Positivism Cleaved Apart Science and Ethics ; 4.7 Ayer's Migration of a Science of Ethics from Philosophy to the Social Sciences ; 4.8 Kohlberg's Social Science of Ethics ; 4.9 Gilligan's Social Science of Ethics ; 4.10 Group Selection in Darwin's Science of Ethics ; 4.11 Group Selection in Wynne-Edwards's Evolutionary Biology ; 4.12 Williams's Attack on Group Selection ; 4.13 Huxley's and Williams's Anti-natural (and Anti-logical) View of Ethics ; 4.14 Sociobiology: Wilson's Neo-Darwinian Account of the Origin of Ethics ; 4.15 The Fallacies of Division and Composition in the Sociobiological Science of Ethics ; 4.16 Sociobiology and Biological Determinism ; 4.17 The Evolutionary Foundations of the Land Ethic in Light of the Modern and the New Syntheses in Evolutionary Biology ; 5. The Land Ethic and the Science of Ethics: In the Light of Evolutionary Moral Psychology ; 5.1 Singer's Response to the Evolutionary Account of Ethics ; 5.2 Rachels' Response to the Evolutionary Account of Ethics ; 5.3 Darwin's Alternative to Animal Ethics a la Singer and Rachels ; 5.4 Midgley's Alternative to Animal Ethics a la Singer and Rachels ; 5.5 A Community-based Analysis of Ethical Partiality ; 5.6 A Community-based Analysis of Ethical Impartiality ; 5.7 Dennett, Singer, Arnhart, and Haidt on the Philosophical Implications of Darwinism ; 5.8 Group Selection Revisited ; 5.9 The Analogy between Language and Ethics ; 5.10 Hume on Nature and Nurture in Ethics ; 5.11 Post-Positivist Ethical Absolutism ; 5.12 Wherefore Post-Positivist Ethical Rationalism and Exclusionism ; 5.13 Moral Norms in Humean Ethics Analogous to Medical Norms ; 5.14 Critically Appraising Moral Norms in Terms of Intra-social Functionality and Inter-social Harmony ; 5.15 A Humean-Darwinian Science of Ethics and Constrained Cultural Relativism ; 5.16 The Philosophical Foundations of the Land Ethic Vindicated by the Contemporary Science of Ethics, but Limited to Ecological Spatial and Temporal Scales ; PART II: THE EARTH ETHIC ; 6. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Philosophical Foundations ; 6.1 Leopold and Biblical Tropes ; 6.2 Ezekiel and Virtue Ethics-Both Individualistc and Holistic ; 6.3 Ezekiel and Responsibility to Future Generations ; 6.4 Ezekiel and Deontological Respect for the Earth as a Living Thing ; 6.5 Leopold Dimly Envisions Hierarchy Theory in "Some Fundamentals" ; 6.6 How Leopold Interprets P. D. Ouspensky and His Book, Tertium Organum ; 6.7 The Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 6.8 A Scalar Resolution of a "Dead" Earth versus the Earth as a "Living Being" ; 6.9 Respect for Life as Such ; 6.10 Leopold's Charge that Both Religion and Science are Anthropocentric ; 6.11 How Leopold Ridicules Metaphysical Anthropocentrism ; 6.12 Leopold's Use of Irony as an Instrument of Ridicule ; 6.13 Norton's Reading of Leopold as an Anthropocentric Pragmatist ; 6.14 Ouspensky, Leopold, and "Linguistic Pluralism"-according to Norton ; 6.15 Leopold's Return to Virtue Ethics ; 6.16 Leopold's Non-anthropocentric Anthropocentrism ; 6.17 The Leopold Earth Ethic: A Summary and a Preview ; 7. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Scientific Metaphysical Foundations ; 7.1 Ouspensky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum ; 7.2 Vernadsky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Space ; 7.3 Vernadsky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Time ; 7.4 Vernadsky's Doctrine of the Abiogenesis of Life on Earth ; 7.5 Venadsky's Anti-vitalism ; 7.6 Vernadsky's Lasting Contribution to Biogeochemistry and Gaian Science ; 7.7 Teilhard's Concept of the Noosphere ; 7.8 Vernadsky's Concept of the Noosphere ; 7.9 Scientific Knowledge as a Planetary Phenomenon ; 7.10 The Biosphere Crosses the Atlantic ; 7.11 The Advent of the Gaia Hypothesis ; 7.12 The Biosphere and Gaia Ecologized ; 7.13 Vernadsky's Biosphere and Lovelock's Gaia: Similarities and Differences ; 7.14 Leopold's Living Thing, Vernadsky's Biosphere, and Lovelock's Gaia ; 7.15 Is the Gaia Hypothesis Necessarily Teleological and Anthropomorphic? ; 7.16 Varieties of the Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 7.17 Personal Speculations on the Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 8. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Biocentric Deontological Foundations ; 8.1 Leopold's Biocentric Earth Ethic and the Living Earth ; 8.2 Gaian Ontology ; 8.3 Gaian Norms ; 8.4 Schweitzer's Reverence-for-Life Ethic ; 8.5 Schweitzer's Reverence-for-Life Ethic Rooted in the Metaphysics of Schopenhauer ; 8.6 Feinberg's Conativism ; 8.7 Feinberg's Conativism as a Foundation for a Biocentric Earth Ethic? ; 8.8 Goodpaster's Biocentrism ; 8.9 Goodpaster's Holistic Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Biocentric Earth Ethic? ; 8.10 Feinberg the Tie that Binds Schweitzer and Goodpaster ; 8.11 Taylor's Individualistic Biocentrism and Regan's Case for Animal Rights ; 8.12 Taylor's Deontology and Teleological Centers of Life ; 8.13 Taylor's Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Leopold Earth Ethic? ; 8.14 Rolston's Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Leopold Earth Ethic? ; 8.15 Goodpaster's Biocentrism Provides the Best Theoretical Support for a Non-anthropocentric Earth Ethic ; 9. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations: The Natural Contract and Environmental Virtue Ethics ; 9.1 No Need to Patronize Gaia with Biocentric Moral Considerability ; 9.2 The Concept of Anthropocentrism Revisited ; 9.3 War and Peace ; 9.4 The Social Contract: The Ancient and Modern Theories ; 9.5 Du Contrat Social au Contrat Naturel ; 9.6 War or Peace? ; 9.7 The French Connection: Larrere ; 9.8 The French Connection: Latour ; 9.9 The French-Canadian Connection: Dussault ; 9.10 Virtue Ethics ; 9.11 Aristotelian Virtue Ethics ; 9.12 Environmental Virtue Ethics ; 9.13 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Self-respecting Crafts ; 9.14 Holistic Virtue Ethics: The Polis as a Social Whole ; 9.15 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Nomos versus Phusis ; 9.16 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Self-respecting Societies ; 9.17 The Dialectic of Social-Contract Theory and Virtue Ethics ; 10. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations-The limits of Rational Individualism ; 10.1 The Year was 1988 and Serres and Jamieson were the First Philosophical Responders ; 10.2 Jamieson Frames the Theoretical Problem: The Legacy of Smith-and-Jones Ethical Theory ; 10.3 Jamieson Suggests an Alternative Moral Philosophy-Virtue Ethics ; 10.4 The Moral Ontology and Logic of Smith-and-Jones Ethical Thinking ; 10.5 The Essence-and-Accident Moral Ontology of Rational Individualism ; 10.6 Homo Economicus and Homo Ethicus-Two Sides of the Same Rational Coin ; 10.7 Saving Rational Individualism: Moral Mathematics ; 10.8 Saving Rational Individualism: Proximate Ethical Holism ; 10.9 The Failure of Rational Individualism: Protracted Spatial Scale ; 10.10 The Failure of Rational Individualism: Protracted Temporal Scale ; 10.11 The Role of "Theoretical Ineptitude" in Gardiner's Perfect Moral Storm ; 11. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations-Responsibility to Future Generations and for Global Human Civilization ; 11.1 Moral Ontology: Relationally Defined and Constituted Moral Beings ; 11.2 Moral Ontology: Ethical Holism ; 11.3 Moral Psychology: The Moral Sentiments ; 11.4 Responsibility to Immediate Posterity ; 11.5 Responsibility to the Unknown Future Equals Responsibility for Global Human Civilization ; 11.6 Summary and Conclusion ; Appendix ; "Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest"-by Aldo Leopold ; Notes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Moral Aims
Book SynopsisWe rely on two different conceptions of morality. On the one hand, we think of morality as a correct action guide. Morality is accessed by taking up a critical, reflective point of view where our concern is with identifying the moral rules that would be the focus of the requiring activities of persons in a hypothetical social world whose participants were capable of accessing the justifications for everyone''s endorsing just this set of rules. On the other hand, in doing virtually anything connected with morality--making demands, offering excuses, justifying choices, expressing moral attitudes, getting uptake on our resentments, and the like-we rely on social practices of morality and shared moral understandings that make our moral activities and attitudes intelligible to others. This second conception of morality, unlike the first, is not shaped by the aim of getting it right or the contrast between correct and merely supposed moral requirements. It is shaped by the moral aim of practicing morality with others within an actual, not merely hypothetical, scheme of social cooperation. If practices based on misguided moral norms seem not to be genuine morality under the first conception, merely hypothetical practices seem not to be the genuine article under the second conception. The premise of this book, which collects together nine previously published essay and a new introduction, is that both conceptions are indispensable. But exactly how is the moral theorist to go about working simultaneously with two such different conceptions of morality? The book''s project is not to construct an overarching methodology for handling the two conceptions of morality. Instead, it is to provide case studies of that work being done.Trade ReviewThis collection of previously published essays by Cheshire Calhoun, with an original introduction, supplies an absorbing assemblage of some well-known and some lesser-known essays that hang together remarkably well. The overall effect is that of a robust and provocative approach to ethical theory, in a form that will appeal to readers of nonideal theory and readers of feminist ethical work ... The meta-philosophical strengths of the whole move me to recommend it to anyone in moral philosophy; I particularly recommend the book to scholars of nonideal theory who may find it easy to forget that past work in feminist philosophy offers some of the best models of nonidealizing methodology. * Kathryn J. Norlock, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Preface ; Introduction ; I Critical Morality and Social Norms ; 1 Moral Failure ; 2 An Apology for Moral Shame ; II Reaching, Relying On, and Contesting Social Consensus on Moral Norms ; 3 The Virtue of Civility ; 4 Common Decency ; 5 Standing for Something ; III Conventionalized Wrongdoing ; 6 Kant and Compliance with Conventionalized Injustice ; 7 Responsibility and Reproach ; IV Telling Moral Stories for Others ; 8 Emotional Work ; 9 Changing One's Heart ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc DEBATING PROCREATION DEB ETH P
Book SynopsisWhile procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating children is relatively rare. In Debating Procreation, David Benatar and David Wasserman take opposing views on this important question. David Benatar argues for the anti-natalist view that it is always wrong to bring new people into existence. He argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm and that even if it were not always so, the risk of serious harm is sufficiently great to make procreation wrong. In addition to these philanthropic arguments, he advances the misanthropic one that because humans are so defective and cause vast amounts of harm, it is wrong to create more of them.David Wasserman defends procreation against the anti-natalist challenge. He outlines a variety of moderate pro-natalist positions, which all see procreation as often permissible but never required. After criticizing the main anti-natalist arguments, he reviews those pronatalist positions. He argues that constrTrade ReviewA terrific and very accessible exchange between two highly accomplished philosophers that will not only provide readers with an excellent sense of the broader debate on procreative ethics but also introduce them to two original and contrasting contributions to that debate. * David Archard, Queen's University, Belfast *While Benatar advances probing arguments for the unusual view that all procreation is impermissible, Wasserman's carefully reasoned case for the permissibility of procreation is qualified in ways that many readers will find surprising. Both authors are highly distinguished philosophers whom it is exciting to follow as they develop and defend their clashing positions on the range of important issues they address. * Jeff McMahan, University of Oxford *Both incredibly well-written and full of new insight, Debating Procreation is the best that has yet been done on the difficult topic of procreative ethics. * Melinda Roberts, The College of New Jersey *In this concise volume, Benatar and Wasserman advance the procreative ethics debate clearly, provocatively, and innovatively. Each develops his side of the debate with originality, cogency, and wit, and engages with the latest arguments in the field. The problem is that they are both persuasive. * Rivka Weinberg, Scripps College *Debating Procreation: Is It Wrong to Reproduce? contains an excellent introduction to many of the ideas central to truly fascinating debates about the moral permissibility of progeny. * Allen Thompson, Analysis *The book is a pleasure to read * Lorraine Yeung, Philosophical Quarterly *Its authors, David Benatar and David Wasserman, are not only very capable philosophers, but also extremely gifted writers. The result is a highly engaging and provocative book. * Jason Marsh, Australasian Journal of Philosophy . *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; By David Benatar and David Wasserman ; Part One ; Anti-Natalism ; By David Benatar ; 1. Introducing Anti-Natalism ; 2. The Asymmetry Argument ; 3. The Quality of Life Argument ; 4. The Misanthropic Argument ; 5. Contra Procreation ; Part Two ; Pro-Natalism ; By David Wasserman ; 6. Better to Have Lived and Lost? ; 7 Against Anti-Natalism ; 8. The Good of the Future Child and the Parent-Child Relationship as Goals of Procreation ; 9. Impersonal Constraints on Procreation ; 10. Alternatives to Impersonal Approaches: Birthrights and Role-Based Duties
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Oxford University Press Military Ethics
Book SynopsisWhat significance does ethics have for the men and women serving in the military forces of nations around the world? What core values and moral principles collectively guide the members of this military profession? This book explains these essential moral foundations, along with just war theory, international relations, and international law. The ethical foundations that define the Profession of Arms have developed over millennia from the shared moral values, unique role responsibilities, and occasional reflection by individual members the profession on their own practices - eventually coming to serve as the basis for the Law of Armed Conflict itself.This book focuses upon the ordinary men and women around the world who wear a military uniform and are committed to the defense of their countries and their fellow citizens. It is about what they do, how they do it, what they think about it, how they behave when carrying out their activities, and how they are expected to behave, both on and off the battlefield (whether in, or out of, uniform) - and what everyone (and not just military personnel themselves) needs to know about this. The book also examines how military personnel are treated and regarded by those whom they have sworn to defend and protect, as well as how they treat and regard one another within their respective services and organizational settings. Finally, the book discusses the transformations in military professionalism occasioned by new developments in armed conflict, ranging counterinsurgency warfare and humanitarian military intervention, to cyber conflict, military robotics, and private military contracting. From China to Russia, author George Lucas effectively sheds light on today''s military ethics in existence throughout the world. What Everyone Needs to Know is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.Trade Reviewmorality and mortal combat get paired up in this highly readable academic argument for fair play on the modern battlefield * History of War *George Lucas offers a clear picture of what we should expect from our military forces * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Foreword: General John R. Allen, U.S. Marine Corps (retired) Introduction: Why Military Ethics? Part One: The Moral Foundations of the Military Profession Chapter 1: Ethics and the Profession of Arms Chapter 2: Military Ethics and International Law Chapter 3: The Ancient Origins of Military Ethics Chapter 4: Military Ethics and the "Just War Tradition" Chapter 5: Military Ethics Apart from Combat Part Two: Ethical Challenges Facing the Military Profession Chapter 6: The Ethics of Defense and Private Security Contracting Chapter 7: Military Interventions for Humanitarian Relief Chapter 8: Military Ethics and Unmanned Systems Chapter 9: Military Ethics and Cyber Security Epilogue: Reconsidering Ethics with the Profession of Arms Additional Expressions of Gratitude Index
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Oxford University Press Reason in a Dark Time
Book SynopsisFrom the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do. Centered in philosophy, the volume also treats the historical, economic, and political dimensions of climate change. Our failure to prevent or even to respond significantly to climate change, Jamieson argues, reflects the impoverishment of our systems of practical reason, the paralysis of our politics, and the limits of our cognitive and affective capacities. The climate change that is underway is remaking the world in such a way that familiar comforts, places, and ways of life will disappear in years or decades rather than centuries. Climate change also threatens our sense of meaning,Trade Review[I]t's the first book to be fully honest about climate change, it's the one book on the subject that stands a chance of not depressing you. It may even change your life. * Jonathan Franzen, The Guardian *Jamieson's book is a compelling, sophisticated, and highly learned contribution to climate scholarship written for an interdisciplinary and more general audience. In style, it is characteristically clear, well organized, and incisive yet suffused with a warm, humane sensibility and good humor. It is not afraid to make suggestive comments and signal broad programmatic change. In content, the book contains magisterial overviews of the history of the climate problem, climate economics, and obstacles to action. * Ethics *A book that does justice to the full tragedy and weird comedy of climate change is Reason in a Dark Time, by the philosopher Dale Jamieson. Ordinarily, I avoid books on the subject, but a friend recommended it to me last summer, and I was intrigued by its subtitle, "Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed-And What It Means for Our Future"; by the word "failed" in particular, the past tense of it. I started reading and couldn't stop...I'd expected to be depressed by Reason in a Dark Time but I wasn't. Part of what's mesmerizing about climate change is its vastness across both space and time. Jamieson, by elucidating our past failures and casting doubt on whether we'll ever do any better, situates it within a humanely scaled context. * Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker *He has a gift for translating complexities into simple, often arresting terms, and is able to make even familiar material seem fresh ...The result is a book that is uncommonly accessible to nonspecialists, and will resonate even among those working in the trenches of climate policy, for whom works of pure philosophy often seem somewhat beside the point ... This is sound advice not only for economists but for anyone writing about climate change. Reason in a Dark Time succeeds so well because Jamieson, with very few exceptions, practices what he preaches. * Ethics and International Affairs *An invaluable contribution to the dialogue about how to minimize the inevitable social and environmental devastation that looms large in our future. * Booklist *Jamieson's ethical approach deserves serious consideration, especially since it manages to take our relationship with nature seriously while avoiding the debate about whether the value in nature is intrinsic or instrumental ... wide-ranging and ambitious ... * Ewan Kingston, Journal of Applied Philosophy *This book is a must read by all who wish to bring reason to the challenges [of climate change] we are going to face very soon, whether we want to or not... * Green Energy Times *Jamieson provides a wide-ranging account, looking at the lack of political incentives to act and at the influence of organised climate denial ... Jamieson concludes with some observations about things we can definitely do for the better right away (abandon coal), and with shrewd reflections on living with the knowledge that we flunked the climate test. * Times Higher Education *Part requiem for our failed hopes and part vision for our uncertain future, this remarkably far-ranging work by the philosopher who has thought longest and hardest about climate change could inspire fruitfully radical reassessment of our attitudes toward the most far-reaching challenge of our lifetimes. The climate is changing -- can we? * Henry Shue, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford *A highly informative, wise, and thought-provoking discussion of some of the greatest problems that humanity faces, and of some possible solutions. * Derek Parfit, All Souls College, Oxford *Dale Jamieson is a philosopher and a realist. He was been working on climate change for a quarter of a century, alongside both scientists and policy makers. He argues that we are heading down a dangerous road and will likely have to face a much more difficult world. But he also argues that there is so much we can do individually and collectively to make a difference, and warns that the best must not be the enemy of the good. This is a very thoughtful and valuable book and should be read by all those who would wish to bring reason to a defining challenge of our century. * Professor Lord Nicholas Stern *No one but Dale Jamieson could write an eminently readable book about climate change that ranges over the full sweep of the problem from the historical to the ethical, the scientific to the political. By placing this vexing issue into the broader context of the human condition, Jamieson guides the reader's mood from pessimism to optimism, and finally realism about our prospects. * Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Nature of the Problem ; 2.1 The Development of Climate Science ; 2.2 Climate Change as a Public Issue ; 2.3 The Age of Climate Diplomacy ; 2.4 Concluding Remarks ; 3. Obstacles to Action ; 3.1 Scientific Ignorance ; 3.2 Politicizing Science ; 3.3 Facts and Values ; 3.4 The Science/Policy Interface ; 3.5 Organized Denial ; 3.6 Partisanship ; 3.7 Political Institutions ; 3.8 The Hardest Problem ; 3.9 Concluding Remarks ; 4. The Limits of Economics ; 4.1 Economics and Climate Change ; 4.2 The Stern Review and Its Critics ; 4.3 Discounting ; 4.4 Further Problems ; 4.5 State of the Discussion ; 4.6 Concluding Remarks ; 5. The Frontiers of Ethics ; 5.1 The Domain of Concern ; 5.2 Responsibility and Harm ; 5.3 Fault Liability ; 5.4 Human Rights and Domination ; 5.5 Differences That Matter ; 5.6 Revising Morality ; 5.7 Concluding Remarks ; 6. Living With Climate Change ; 6.1 Life in the Anthropocene ; 6.2 It Doesn't Matter What I Do ; 6.3 It's Not the Meat It's the Motion ; 6.4 Ethics for the Anthropocene ; 6.5 Respect For Nature ; 6.6 Global Justice ; 6.7 Concluding Remarks ; 7. Politics, Policy, and the Road Ahead ; 7.1 The Rectification of Names ; 7.2 Adaptation: The Neglected Option? ; 7.3 Why Abatement and Mitigation Still Matter ; 7.4 The Category Formerly Known as Geoengineering ; 7.5 The Way Forward ; 7.6 Concluding Remarks ; Index
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Oxford University Press Shared Agency
Book SynopsisHuman beings act together in characteristic ways, and these forms of shared activity matter to us a great deal. Think of friendship and love, singing duets, dancing together, and the joys of conversation. And think about the usefulness of conversation and how we frequently manage to work together to achieve complex goals, from building buildings to putting on plays to establishing important results in the sciences.With Shared Agency, Michael E. Bratman seeks to answer questions about the conceptual, metaphysical and normative foundations of our sociality and to establish a framework for understanding basic forms of sociality. Bratman proposes that a rich account of individual planning agency facilitates the step to these forms of sociality.There is an independent reason - grounded in the diachronic organization of our temporally extended agency - to see planning structures as basic to our individual agency. Once these planning structures are on board, we can expect them to play centralTrade ReviewIt is a major achievement and a must-read for anyone interested in issues of collective action and intentionality... The view it presents is powerful and illuminating and will serve as a touchstone for future work in this area. * Stephen J. White, Ethics *Bratman takes great pains to attend to and to thoroughly explicate the finer details of his proposal while simultaneously exposing the less nuanced and more extravagant commitments of alternate views. His book deserves to be widely read by philosophers of agency and action theorists, as well as anyone with an interest in and the sophistication to deeply examine how it is that we act together. * Brandon D.C. Fenton, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review *For philosophers working on shared agency, this book is a required reading. It is an exceptionally clear presentation of what is deservedly one of the most influential contemporary accounts of shared agency (the influence extends outside philosophy to developmental psychology and artificial intelligence) ... The book is beautifully written and, for someone interested in shared agency, a joy to read. * Analysis *Table of ContentsChapter One: Sociality and Planning Agency ; 1. Modest sociality and the continuity thesis ; 2. Shared intention, individual intention ; 3. I intend that we J: a first pass ; 4. Individual planning agency: roles and norms ; 5. Individual planning agency: further ideas ; 6. Creature construction ; 7. Social functioning and social rationality ; 8. Constructivism about shared intention and modest sociality ; 9. Continuity, sufficiency, and Ockham's Razor ; 10. Deception, coercion, shared intentional, shared cooperative ; Chapter Two: Building Blocks, Part One ; 1. I intend that we J, and circularity ; 2. Interlocking and reflexive intentions ; 3. Intended mesh ; 4. Intending, expecting, and a disposition to help ; 5. Out in the open ; Chapter Three: Building Blocks, Part Two ; 1. I intend that we J, and the own-action condition ; 2. The settle condition, and persistence interdependence ; 3. Persistence interdependence and over-determination ; 4. Three forms of persistence interdependence ; 5. Persistence interdependence, etiology and temporal asymmetry ; 6. Further building blocks ; 7. The connection condition and mutual responsiveness ; 8. Taking stock ; Chapter Four: A Construction of Modest Sociality ; 1. The basic thesis ; 2. The emergence of modest sociality ; 3. Modest sociality and strategic interaction ; 4. Quasi-Lockean social ties ; 5. Social networks ; 6. Treating as a means? ; 7. Deception and coercion re-visited ; 8. The compressed basic thesis ; 9. Too demanding? ; Chapter Five: Modest Sociality and Mutual Obligation ; 1. Shared intention, social explanation ; 2. Shared intention, persistence interdependence, and mutual obligation ; 3. Gilbert on joint commitment ; 4. Normativity, sociality, and Ockham's Razor ; Chapter Six: Group Agents Without Group Subjects ; 1. Group agents and the basic thesis ; 2. Group subjects? ; Chapter Seven: Shared Deliberation, Common Ground ; 1. Shared deliberation and shared intention ; 2. Shared commitments to weights ; 3. Shared policies about weights ; 4. Where the group stands ; 5. Interdependence in policies about weights ; 6. Partiality and depth of shared policies about weights ; 7. Shared policy-structured acceptance ; 8. Shared policies of social rationality ; Conclusion: Interconnected Planning Agents ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat
Book SynopsisThis volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers on a vitally important topic: the ethics of eating meat. Some of the key questions examined include: Are animals harmed or benefited by our practice of raising and killing them for food? Do the realities of the marketplace entail that we have no power as individuals to improve the lives of any animals by becoming vegetarian, and if so, have we any reason to stop eating meat? Suppose it is morally wrong to eat meat--should we be blamed for doing so? If we should be vegetarians, what sort should we be?Trade ReviewThe Moral Complexities of Eating Meat is a valuable addition to the literature and a very good book. It contains twelve new essays and a short introduction from the editors...There are sharp, riveting asides about anti-natalism, bug-eating, comparative accounts of harm, duties to pets and prey animals, and so on...These are gripping, pressing issues. It is wonderful that there is a state-of-the-art collection that touches on them. Anyone interested in the topic should read it cover-to-cover. * Tyler Doggett, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I: Defending Meat ; 1. Christopher Belshaw, <"Meat>" ; 2. Donald Bruckner, <"Strict Vegetarianism is Immoral>" ; 3. J. Baird Callicott, <"The Environmental Omnivore's Dilemma>" ; Part II: Challenging Meat ; 4. Julia Driver, <"Individual Consumption and Moral Complicity>" ; 5. Mark Budolfson, <"Is it Wrong to Eat Meat from Factory Farms? If So, Why?>" ; 6. Clayton Littlejohn, <"Potency and Permissibility>" ; 7. Tristram McPherson, <"A Moorean Defense of the Omnivore>" ; 8. Ben Bramble, <"The Case Against Meat>" ; Part III: Future Directions ; 9. Lori Gruen and Robert Jones, <"Veganism as an Aspiration>" ; 10. Neil Levy, <"Vegetarianism: Towards Ideological Impurity>" ; 11. Bob Fischer, <"Against Blaming the Blameworthy>" ; 12. Alexandra Plakias, <"Beetles, Bicycles, and Breath Mints: How 'Omni' Should Omnivores Be? ; Index
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Oxford University Press Ajax Dilemma
Book SynopsisWe live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out. In The Ajax Dilemma, Paul Woodruff examines one of today''s most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just? Woodruff builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, Trade ReviewThe timing is excellent for The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards...this little book makes a worthy contribution to the issue of how to distribute rewards in both government and business. In this age, the story of Ajax is sure to resonate with many. * Nancy F. Koehn, The New York Times *Table of ContentsPart One Introductory ; Ajax ; What's at Stake: Rewards, Booty, and Incentives ; Part Two The Story of Ajax ; Part Three Learning from the Ajax Story ; A New Approach to Justice and Compassion ; The Myth ; Caring About Ajax ; The Storytellers ; The Contest: What Went Wrong ; Part Four Justice as Human Wisdom ; Bad Losers ; Compassion ; Fairness ; The Fairness Trap ; Good Things and their Doubles ; Justice ; Anger: Justice in the Soul ; Honor and Respect ; Wisdom ; Leadership ; The Answer: How to Survive the Dilemma ; Afterword ; Ajax and Odysseus: From Battlefield to Boardroom, by C. Cale McDowell
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Oxford University Press Questions of Character
Book SynopsisThis collection features 26 new essays on character from first-rate scholars in philosophy, psychology, economics, and law. The essays are elegantly written and combine forceful argumentation with original ideas on a wide range of questions, such as: Is Aristotle''s theory of character a moral theory?,Are character traits in tension with personal autonomy?, How do traits differ from mental disorders?, What is the role of gossip in character attribution?, and Can businessmen be virtuous?The chapters are organized thematically into 5 sections, each prefaced by its own special introduction. In the introductions, the editor brings out often unexpected connections among different lines of argument pursued by the authors and raises important questions for further discussion. The collection as a whole offers students of character a unique opportunity to engage with some of the best contemporary work on the topic.Trade ReviewFileva's collection, although written by philosophers, sees more clearly than any volume I know of that questions of character must be addressed from a wide variety of perspectives and expertise. Because of that it is a vital guide for those of us interested in such matters and a superb model of inclusive philosophical thinking. * Journal of Moral Philosophy *In this 26 paper volume, Iskra Fileva collects the perhaps most comprehensive research collection on character seen to date. All articles are written specifically for the volume thereby securing a high level of relevance and cohesion between parts. ... It is a broad, but also unified, work (thanks to Fileva's introductions). The volume is, therefore, essential for scholars interested in character but it is also highly suitable for students. All the papers are written in a manner that is accessible for non-experts, and both the content and the structure make this volume suited for graduate classes on philosophy or social psychology. ... Fileva has succeeded in collecting some of the sharpest papers on character and it greatly represents the present state of research. * Emil Hallgren Christiansen, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Preface Part I: Character in Ethics Introduction to Part I 1. Morality and Aristotelian Character Excellence David Wolfsdorf 2. Aristotle on the Person-Situation Debate: From Natural Character to Moral Virtue Mariska Leunissen 3. Character and Blame in Hume and Beyond Antti Kauppinen 4. Kant on Cultivating a Good and Stable Will Adam Cureton 5. Character and Consequences Ben Bradley 6. How One Becomes What One Is: The Case for a Nietzschean Conception of Character Development Mark Alfano Part II: Character in Moral Psychology Introduction to Part II 7. Moral Psychology's Drinking Problem Nomy Arpaly 8. Autonomy, Character, and Self-Understanding Paul Katsafanas 9. Virtue and Cognition Alison Hills 10. Virtue, Desire, and Silencing Reasons Neil Sinhababu 11. Character in Action Alfred Mele 12. Two Senses of "Why": Traits and Reasons in the Explanation of Action Iskra Fileva Part III: Character in Psychology and X-Phi Introduction to Part III 13. Promises and Consistency Rachel Cohon and Jason D'Cruz 14. Do Broad Character Traits Exist? Repeated Assessments of Individuals, Not Group Summaries from Classic Experiments, Provide the Relevant Evidence William Fleeson and Michael Furr 15. A New Approach to Character Traits in Light of Psychology Christian Miller 16. Scrupulous Characters and Mental Illness Jesse Summers and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 17. The Psychology of Character, Reputation, and Gossip Ted Hayes, Robert Hogan, and Nick Emler 18. Character and Emotional Phenomenology: Psychotherapeutic and Ethical Implications Robert Stolorow Part IV: Character and Society Introduction to Part IV 19. Character and History Daniel Little 20. The "Character" of Profit and Loss: The Entrepreneurial Virtues Michael Munger and Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian 21. Justice and the Intellectual Virtues Kyron Huigens Part V: Character in Art Introduction to Part V 22. Fictional Characters as Social Metaphors Noël Carroll 23. Character, Social Psychology, and the Cognitive Value of Literature Robert Stecker 24. Fiction in the Brain Gonzalo Munevar 25. Character and Character Swapping in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte Stephen Davies 26. A Miscast of Character: Actors, Characters, and Character Actors Christy Mag Uidhir Endnotes Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Motivational Internalism
Book SynopsisMotivational internalism-the idea that there is an intrinsic or necessary connection between moral judgment and moral motivation-is a central thesis in a number of metaethical debates. In conjunction with a Humean picture of motivation, it provides a challenge for cognitivist theories that take moral judgments to concern objective aspects of reality. Versions of internalism have potential implications for moral absolutism, realism, non-naturalism, and rationalism. Being a constraint on more detailed conceptions of moral motivation and moral judgment, it is also directly relevant to wider issues in moral psychology. But internalism is a controversial thesis, and the apparent possibility of amoralists and the rejection of strong forms of internalism have also been seen as problems for non-cognitivists.This volume''s thirteen new essays and introduction are meant to help readers appreciate state-of-the-art of research on internalism, to identify connections between various aspects of the Trade ReviewThe editors of this collection have brought together an excellent set of philosophers to address the previous question. Roughly one half of the contributors are leading senior metaethicists who have already made important contributions to this debate, whereas the rest are younger scholars who were selected through an open call for abstracts. The editors have also provided a helpful overview article and arranged the articles of the volume clearly under three distinct headings ... I can recommend this collection wholeheartedly to everyone who is interested in the judgement internalism debate. I can also recommend many individual articles to those metaethicists who are working on other important questions in metaethics and moral psychology.... it will be interesting to those already engaged in, or making plans to wade into, that debate. The volume would also be suitable as a text for a graduate seminar focused on motivational internalism. The editors' lengthy introductory chapter and shorter introductions to the three sections do an admirable job of introducing less well-traveled readers to unfamiliar terrain. * Gunnar Björnsson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *I know of no better way of summarizing how good this collection is than to say that the essays within manage to say new and interesting things about motivational internalism. * Derek Baker, Australasian Journal of Philosophy. *Table of ContentsPreface ; Contributors ; 1 Motivational internalism: Contemporary debates ; Gunnar Bjornsson, Caj Strandberg, Ragnar Francen Olinder, John Eriksson, Fredrik Bjorklund ; I. Evidence ; Introduction to Part I: Evidence for and against motivational internalism ; 2 Evaluative judgements, judgments about reasons, and motivations ; Michael Smith ; 3 Motivational externalism: Formulation, methodology, rationality and indifference ; Nick Zangwill ; 4 An empirical case for motivational internalism ; Jesse Prinz ; 5 Unconditional motivational internalism and Hume's lesson ; Daniel Eggers ; 6 What's required for motivation by principle? ; Jeanette Kennett ; II. Relevance ; Introduction to Part II: The relevance of motivational internalism ; 7 Internalism: Cui bono? ; Michael Ridge ; 8 Pure expressivism and motivational internalism ; Teemu Toppinen ; 9 Can reasons fundamentalism answer the normative question? ; James Dreier ; 10 Naturalistic Moral Realism and Motivational Internalism, From Negative to Positive ; Jon Tresan ; III. Bridging the gap ; Introduction to part III: Bridging the gap between internalism and externalism ; 11 Detecting value with motivational responses ; Sigrun Svavarsdottir ; 12 Intuition and belief in moral motivation ; Antti Kauppinen ; 13 Tempered internalism and the participatory stance ; Kate Manne ; 14 Two functions of moral language: Rethinking the amoralist ; John Thomas Mumm ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc On Loyalty and Loyalties
Book SynopsisDeep friendship may express profound loyalty, but so too may virulent nationalism. What can and should we say about this Janus-faced virtue of the will? This volume explores at length the contours of an important and troubling virtue -- its cognates, contrasts, and perversions; its strengths and weaknesses; its awkward relations with universal morality; its oppositional form and limits; as well as the ways in which it functions in various associative connections, such as friendship and familial relations, organizations and professions, nations, countries, and religious tradition.Trade ReviewJohn Kleinig's book is a thoughtful and thorough examination of loyalty and its ethical significance. It presents an original account of loyalty's place among the virtues and insightful discussions of several difficult questions on which considerations of loyalty bear, ranging across professional and applied ethics and social and political philosophy. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *This is a thought-provoking work that deserves to be read by anyone interested in the philosophical import of associational ties. * Diane Jeske, Australasian Journal of Philosophy. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part I ; 1. Topography ; 2. Neighborhood ; 3. Status ; 4. Rationale ; 5. Particularity ; 6. Oppositions ; 7. Limits ; Part II ; 8. Friends ; 9. Family ; 10. Organization ; 11. Profession ; 12. Tribe/Nation ; 13. Country ; 14. God ; Concluding Note ; References ; Indexes
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Oxford University Press Our Faithfulness to the Past
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together essays -- three of them previously unpublished -- on the epistemology, ethics, and politics of memory by the late feminist philosopher Sue Campbell. The essays in Part I diagnose contemporary skepticism about personal memory, and develop an account of good remembering that is better suited to contemporary (reconstructive) theories of memory. Campbell argues that being faithful to the past requires both accuracy and integrity, and is both an epistemic and an ethical achievement. The essays in Part II focus on the activities and practices through which we explore and negotiate the shared significance of our different recollections of the past, and the importance of sharing memory for constituting our identities. Views about self, identity, relation, and responsibility (all influenced by traditions in feminist philosophy) are examined through the lens of Campbell''s relational conception of memory. She argues that remaining faithful to our past sometimes requirTrade ReviewChristine M. Koggel and Rockney Jacobsen's recent editorial work brings together a valuable selection of Sue Campbell's essays on the ethics, politics, and epistemology of remembering ... The two overall themes that make this book a distinguished philosophical contribution to the interdisciplinary study of memory are Campbell's carefully argued points of emphasis on the inherently (socially) embedded nature of recollection and the need for theorizing successful remembering. * Roxana Akhbari, Metapsychology *Table of ContentsPreface ; Editors' Introduction ; Note on Sources ; Author's Introduction: The Second Voice: A Manifesto ; Part I. Our Faithfulness to the Past ; Chapter 1: Models of Minds and Memory Activities ; Chapter 2: Our Faithfulness to the Past: Reconstructing Memory Values ; Chapter 3: Memory, Truth, and the Search for Integrity ; Part II. Memory, Diversity and Solidarity ; Chapter 4: Inside the Frame of the Past: Memory, Diversity, and Solidarity ; Chapter 5: Memory, Reparation, and Relation: Starting in the Right Places ; Chapter 6: Remembering Who We Are: Responsibility and Resistant Identification ; Part III. Remembering for the Future ; Chapter 7: Remembering for the Future: Memory as a Lens on the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission ; Chapter 8: Challenges to Memory in Political Contexts: Recognizing Disrespectful Challenge
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Oxford University Press Eating Earth
Book SynopsisExploring the environmental effects of animal agriculture, fishing, and hunting, Eating Earth exposes critical common ground between earth and animal advocacy. The first chapter (animal agriculture) examines greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, manure and dead zones, freshwater depletion, deforestation, predator control, land and useincluding the ranching industries public lands subsidies. Chapter two first examines whether or not the consumption of fish is healthy and outlines morally relevant aspects of fish physiology, then scrutinizes the fishing industry, documenting the silent collapse of ocean ecosystems and calling attention to the indiscriminate nature of hooks and nets, including the problem of bycatch and what this means for endangered species and fragile seascapes. Chapter three outlines the historic link between the U. S. Government, wildlife management, and hunters, then systematically unravels common beliefs about sport hunting, such as the belief that hunters arTrade ReviewLisa Kemmerer's passionate examination of the environmental impact of eating "flesh" (both meat and fish) culminates in a call for a global shift to a plant-based diet. * Tristan Quinn, The Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; 1. Farming Facts ; 2. A Fishy Business ; 3. Hunting Hype
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Oxford University Press Inc The Ethics of Killing Animals
Book SynopsisWhile it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal''s life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about animal life, death and welfare. It also discusses whether and how answers to these questions are relevant for our moral duties towards animals. Is killing animals ever morally acceptable and, if so, under what conditions? Do animals have moral rights, such as the right to life and should they be accorded legal rights? How should our moral duties towards animals inform our individual behavior and policy-making? This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals.Trade ReviewThis work has much to offer anyone interested in animal studies, human-animal interactions, or ethical/moral philosophy in general, as it examines many core ideas and notable philosophical positions...it should be read comparatively across a variety of philosophical frames or used as a reference to approach the core issues it takes up...Recommended. * S. M. Weiss, Choice. *...serves as a wonderful introduction to the topic and contribution to the literature... Overall, this volume has a remarkably consistent high quality for an edited collection, as well as several genuinely standout pieces...I highly recommend this book for research as well as teaching. I would go so far as to call it essential for people working on animal ethics. * Jeff Sebo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; List of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction (Tatjana Visak and Robert Garner) ; Part I: Animals and the Harm of Death ; 1. Killing as a Welfare Issue (T.J. Kasperbauer & Peter Sandoe) ; 2. Death, Pain and Animal Life (Christopher Belshaw) ; 3. Is Death Bad for a Cow? (Ben Bradley) ; 4. The Comparative Badness for Animals of Suffering and Death (Jeff McMahan) ; 5. Animal Interests (Steven Luper) ; 6. The Value of Coming into Existence (Nils Holtug) ; Part II: Moral Evaluation of Killing Animals ; 7. Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument? (Tatjana Visak) ; 8. Singer on Killing Animals (Shelly Kagan) ; 9. A Kantian Case for Animal Rights (Christine Korsgaard) ; 10. Kantian Constructivism and the Ethics of Killing Animals (Frederike Kaldewaij) ; Part III: Killing Animals and the Politicization of Normative Ethics ; 11. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Specifying the Rights of Animals (Alasdair Cochrane) ; 12. Welfare, Rights, and Non-ideal Theory (Robert Garner) ; Afterword by Peter Singer ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Reasons as Defaults
Book SynopsisAlthough the study of reasons plays an important role in both epistemology and moral philosophy, little attention has been devoted to the question of how, exactly, reasons interact to support the actions or conclusions they do. In this book, John F. Horty attempts to answer this question by providing a precise, concrete account of reasons and their interaction, based on the logic of default reasoning. The book begins with an intuitive, accessible introduction to default logic itself, and then argues that this logic can be adapted to serve as a foundation for a concrete theory of reasons. Horty then shows that the resulting theory helps to explain how the interplay among reasons can determine what we ought to do by developing two different deontic logics, capturing two different intuitions about moral conflicts.In the central part of the book, Horty elaborates the basic theory to account for reasoning about the strength of our own reasons, and also about the related concepts of undercutTrade ReviewHortys machinery manages to model an impressive array of interaction types (rebuttals, exclusions, enablings, intensifications, attenuations and priority rankings). It is a new and valuable contribution both to the formal logic of defeasible reasoning and philosophical debates in epistemology and metaethics. * Paul Saka, Analysis *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I Default logic ; 1 A Primer on Default Logic ; 1.1 Basic concepts ; 1.1.1 Default rules ; 1.1.2 Priority relations ; 1.1.3 Theories and scenarios ; 1.2 Central definitions ; 1.2.1 Binding defaults ; 1.2.2 Proper scenarios and extensions ; 1.3 Extensions and conclusions ; 1.3.1 Theories with multiple extensions ; 1.3.2 Theories without extensions ; 2 From Defaults to Reasons ; 2.1 An austere theory of reasons ; 2.2 Developing the theory ; 2.2.1 Conflict, strength, and defeat ; 2.2.2 Reasons and enablers ; 2.2.3 Reason amalgamation ; II Deontic Logic ; 3 Reasons and Oughts ; 3.1 The two logics ; 3.1.1 Simple oughts ; 3.1.2 Conditional oughts ; 3.1.3 Some history ; 3.2 Properties of the logics ; 4 Moral Conflicts ; 4.1 Logical objections ; 4.1.1 Agglomeration ; 4.1.2 Other logical objections ; 4.2 Conceptual objections ; 4.3 Objections based on reasons as moral forces ; III Some Elaborations ; 5 Variable Priorities and Exclusion ; 5.1 Variable priority default theories ; 5.1.1 The definition ; 5.1.2 Some examples ; 5.2 Exclusionary default theories ; 5.2.1 The definition ; 5.2.2 Some examples ; 5.3 Discussion ; 5.3.1 Downward closure of exclusion ; 5.3.2 Exclusion by weaker defaults ; 5.3.3 Excluders, intensifiers, and attenuators ; 6 Particularism ; 6.1 Dancy's argument ; 6.2 Evaluating the argument ; 6.3 Discussion ; 6.3.1 Pragmatic considerations ; 6.3.2 Borrowing a book ; 6.3.3 Moderate particularism ; IV Some complications ; 7 Skepticism and Floating Conclusions ; 7.1 Floating conclusions ; 7.1.1 Arguments and paths ; 7.1.2 Two versions of skepticism ; 7.2 The problem with floating conclusions ; 7.2.1 An example ; 7.2.2 Objections to the example ; 7.3 Discussion ; 7.3.1 Other examples ; 7.3.2 Skepticism ; 8 Problems with Priorities ; 8.1 Refining the concept of defeat ; 8.2 Controlling the order of application ; 8.3 Discussion ; 8.3.1 Inappropriate equilibria ; 8.3.2 Other orderings ; 8.3.3 Reinstatement ; V Appendices ; A Notes on the default logics ; A.1 Proper scenarios ; A.2 Some observations on defeat ; A.3 Normal default theories ; B Notes on the deontic logics ; B.1 A comparison with van Fraassen's logic ; B.2 A comparison with standard deontic logic
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Clarendon Press A Theory of Political Obligation
Book SynopsisMargaret Gilbert offers an incisive new approach to a classic problem of political philosophy: when and why should I do what the laws of my country tell me to do? Beginning with carefully argued accounts of social groups in general and political societies in particular, the author argues that in central, standard senses of the relevant terms membership in a political society in and of itself obligates one to support that society''s political institutions. The obligations in question are not moral requirements derived from general moral principles, as is often supposed, but a matter of one''s participation in a special kind of commitment: joint commitment. An agreement is sufficient but not necessary to generate such a commitment. Gilbert uses the phrase ''plural subject'' to refer to all of those who are jointly committed in some way. She therefore labels the theory offered in this book the plural subject theory of political obligation. The author concentrates on the exposition of thisTrade ReviewMargaret Gilberts A Theory of Political Obligation is an incredibly rich work on an important topic. Gilbert has written a series of influential and important articles on the nature of social groups and joint action, and all of her work in those articles is impressively synthesised and developed here into what is surely one of the most innovative and intriguing accounts of political obligation currently on offer. Her book repays careful study, and any adequate reply would itself have to take the form of a book. * Diane Jeske, Jurisprudence *Table of ContentsI. A CENTRAL PROBLEM OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION; II. SOCIETIES, MEMBERSHIP, AND OBLIGATION; III. A THEORY OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION
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Oxford University Press Where Law and Morality Meet
Book SynopsisHow are law and morality connected, how do they interact, and in what ways are they distinct? These questions have been a fundamental concern in the modern analytic philosophy of law. In Where Law and Morality Meet Matthew Kramer reviews the most influential accounts of legal and moral reasoning and presents his own conception of whether moral principles should be incorporated into a concept of law.In Part One, Kramer argues that moral principles can enter into the law of any jurisdiction. He contends that legal officials can invoke moral principles as laws for resolving disputes, and that they can also invoke them as threshold tests which ordinary laws must satisfy. In opposition to many other theorists, Kramer argues that these functions of moral principles are consistent with the essential characteristics of any legal system.Part Two reaffirms the legal positivist argument that law and morality are separable, arguing against the position of natural-law theory, which portrays legal rTrade ReviewThat Kramer's prior work in this area has already received so much critical attention itself suggests that anyone interested in contemporary legal theory would benefit from this book's careful review of the contemporary lanscape of legal positivism and its subtle and often pursuasive arguments advancing those horizons. * Brian D. Berry, Law & Phiosophy Program, University of Texas *Table of ContentsPREFACE ; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I - WHERE LAW AND MORALITY MEET: LEGAL POSITIVISM AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF LEGAL NORMS ; CHAPTER 1: HOW MORAL PRINCIPLES CAN ENTER INTO THE LAW ; CHAPTER 2: THROWING LIGHT ON THE ROLE OF MORAL PRINCIPLES IN THE LAW: FURTHER REFLECTIONS ; CHAPTER 3: ON MORALITY AS A NECESSARY OR SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR LEGALITY ; CHAPTER 4: OF FINAL THINGS: MORALITY AS ONE OF THE ULTIMATE DETERMINANTS OF LEGAL VALIDITY ; PART II - WHERE LAW AND MORALITY DIVERGE: LEGAL POSITIVISM REAFFIRMED ; CHAPTER 5: LEGAL POSITIVISM DEFENDED ; CHAPTER 6: ON THE MORAL STATUS OF THE RULE OF LAW ; CHAPTER 7: ON THE SEPARABILITY OF LAW AND MORALITY ; PART III - FROM LEGAL PHILOSOPHY TO MORAL PHILOSOPHY: AFFINITIES BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY ; CHAPTER 8: MORAL RIGHTS AND THE LIMITS OF THE 'OUGHT'-IMPLIES-'CAN' PRINCIPLE: WHY IMPECCABLE INTENTIONS ARE NO EXCUSE
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Oxford University Press Reasons and the Good
Book SynopsisIn Reasons and the Good Roger Crisp answers some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. Claiming that a fundamental issue in normative ethics is what ultimate reasons for action we might have, he argues that the best statements of such reasons will not employ moral concepts. He investigates and explains the nature of reasons themselves; his account of how we come to know them combines an intuitionist epistemology with elements of Pyrrhonist scepticism. He defends a hedonistic theory of well-being and an account of practical reason according to which we can give some, though not overriding, priority to our own good over that of others. The book develops original lines of argument within a framework of some traditional but currently less popular views.Trade ReviewThe book is sparklingly clear and contains abundant insights and interesting arguments...a rich and rewarding book which will contribute greatly to a number of debates throughout moral philosophy. * Guy Fletcher, Ratio *Crisp advances substantial theses about reasons, welfare, pleasure, moral knowledge, intuition, moral disagreement, personal identity, impartiality, population axiology, and more...this bold and sweeping work contains quite a number of provocative discussions of interest to theoretical ethicists of many stripes. * Chris Heathwood, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Because the book covers such a range of issues in such a short and well-integrated way, reading it will be illuminating for many...I can see ample reason for a moral philosopher to read this book: for its stimulation and sweep, and to wake one from one's dogmatic slumbers. Nod off for a second here, and you will miss crucial arguments entirely. * Henry S. Richardson, Mind *Roger Crisp belongs in the company of Derek Parfit and Peter Singer as one of the most distinguished contemporary philosophical defenders of the legacy of Henry Sidgwick...This is an excellent work - clear, concise, and compelling. And it packs a powerful philosophical punch. * Bart Schultz, Ethics *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Morality ; 2. Reasons ; 3. Knowledge ; 4. Well-being ; 5. Practical Reason ; 6. Equality
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Oxford University Press The Constitution of Agency
Book SynopsisChristine M. Korsgaard is one of today''s leading moral philosophers: this volume collects ten influential papers by her on practical reason and moral psychology. Korsgaard draws on the work of important figures in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hume, showing how their ideas can inform the solution of contemporary and traditional philosophical problems, such as the foundations of morality and practical reason, the nature of agency, and the role of the emotions in action.In Part 1, The Principles of Practical Reason , Korsgaard defends the view that the principles of practical reason are constitutive principles of action. By governing our actions in accordance with Kant''s categorical imperative and the principle of instrumental reason, she argues, we take control of our own movements and so render ourselves active, self-determining beings. She criticizes rival attempts to give a normative foundation to the principles of practical reason, challenges the clTrade ReviewThis is a refreshing piece of scholarship. * Jason Wakefield, Avello Publishing Journal *This volume collects ten influential papers by Christine M. Korsgaard, one of today's leading moral philosophers... They are organized into three parts, and preceded by a very rich Introduction, which provides the framework and the basic ideas developed in the essays... As with any other work of such philosophical importance, the essays in this collection have initiated debates that will be the foci of ethics and action theory in the days to come. * Carla Bagnoli, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL REASON; PART TWO: MORAL VIRTUE AND MORAL PSYCHOLOGY; PART THREE: OTHER REFLECTIONS
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Oxford University Press, USA Future People A Moderate Consequentialist Account of our Obligations to Future Generations
Book SynopsisTim Mulgan develops an original theory of our obligations to future generations, based on a new rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. He brings together several different contemporary philosophical issues, including the demands of morality and international justice.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition What we owe to our own children, to the children of others, to our descendants, to the descendants of others, to future distant generations in our community, and to the future distant generation of distant others is a question few moral theories fully address. This glaring oversight is finally remedied by Tim Mulgan's Future People , an in-depth analysis of our obligations to future people, and the implications this analysis has for the plausibility of moral theories. Mulgan's extremely clear style makes Future People accessible and enjoyable. This book...should be read by all who take moral interest in others (and even more so by those who don't).... Mulgan has written a timely and important book of incredibly impressive scope and interest. He argues in favor of highly reasonable reproductive rules and his intriguing book will no doubt be of great value to this neglected area of ethics. * Rivka Weinberg, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The discussion is lively, incisive and provocative and will make an enduring contribution. Certainly anyone interested in consequentialism or moral status of future persons will learn a great deal from this fascinating and extremely worthwhile book. * M. A. Roberts, Mind *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Contract Theory ; 3. Value Theory ; 4. Hybrid Moral Theories ; 5. Rule Consequentialism ; 6. Reproductive Freedom ; 7. Optimism and Pessimism ; 8. Disagreement and Uncertainty ; 9. International Justice ; 10. The Limits of Rule Consequentialism ; 11. Dividing Morality
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Oxford University Press, USA Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Book VII Symposia Aristotelica
Book SynopsisA distinguished international team of scholars under the editorship of Carlo Natali have collaborated to produce a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of the most influential texts in the history of moral philosophy. The seventh book of Aristotle''s Nicomachean Ethics discusses weakness of will in its first ten chapters, then turns in the last four chapters to pleasure and its relation to the supreme human good.Trade ReviewEach essay provides a detailed commentary on the relevant part of Book VII... the chapters are uniformly of a high quality, and each has something fresh to say about a text on the whole has received a great deal of attention * Robert Mayhew, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *an illuminating set of discussions on exegetical and philosophical themes from the different but complementary perspectives of prominent scholars in the field. * Paula Gottlieb, Polis *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 1-2: Introduction, Method, and Puzzles ; 2. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 3: Varieties of akrasia ; 3. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 4: Plain and qualified akrasia ; 4. Nicomachean Ethics VII, 1148b15-1150a8: Beastliness, irascibility and akrasia ; 5. Nicomachean Ethics VII, 1150a9-1150b28: Akrasia and self-control, and softness and endurance ; 6. Nicomachean Ethics VII, 1150b29-1151b22: Akrasia, enkrateia, and some look-alikes ; 7. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 11: (In) Continence in Context ; 8. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 11-12: Pleasure: The antihedonists' challenge ; 9. Nicomachean Ethics VII. 14, 1153b1-1154a21 : Pleasure and eudaimonia ; 10. Nicomachean Ethics NE VII. 14, 1154a 22-b34: The pain of the living and divine pleasure
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Oxford University Press The Nature of Normativity
Book SynopsisThe Nature of Normativity presents a complete theory about the nature of normative thought -- that is, the sort of thought that is concerned with what ought to be the case, or what we ought to do or think. Ralph Wedgwood defends a kind of realism about the normative, according to which normative truths or facts are genuinely part of reality. Anti-realists often complain that realism gives rise to demands for explanation that it cannot adequately meet. What is the nature of these normative facts? How we could ever know them or even refer to them in language or thought? Wedgwood accepts that any adequate version of realism must answer these explanatory demands. However, he seeks to show that these demands can be met - in large part by relying on a version of the idea, which has been much discussed in recent work in the philosophy of mind, that the intentional is normative - that is, that there is no way of explaining the nature of the various sorts of mental states that have intentional Trade ReviewThis is a big-picture book, written with a breadth of focus which I find admirable... To help guide us through such a broad landscape, the book needed to be well signposted and clearly written, and it is... when the big picture in question is as interesting as Wedgwood's, the game is worth the candle. * C. S. Jenkins, Analysis Reviews *Highly ambitious and ingeniously argued * Hallvard Lillehammer, Times Literary Supplement *The explanatory power, breadth, and sheer inventiveness of Ralph Wedgwood's work places him in a category of his own... its richness and the surprising coherence of the interconnected views that it advocates demand serious attention. * Mark Schroeder, Notre Dame Philosophical Review *Wide-ranging, systematic, and provocative. * Chris Alen Sula, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *an ambitious and sophisticated exploration ... a dense and richly argumentative book informed by a deep knowledge and understanding of the state of play in the areas addressed. * Alan Millar, Mind *Table of ContentsPART I: THE SEMANTICS OF NORMATIVE THOUGHT AND DISCOURSE; PART II: THE METAPHYSICS OF NORMATIVE FACTS; PART III: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NORMATIVE BELIEF
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Oxford University Press Impartial Spectator
Book SynopsisD. D. Raphael provides a critical account of the moral philosophy of Adam Smith, presented in his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Whilst it does not have the same prominence in its field as his work on economics, The Wealth of Nations, Smith''s writing on ethics is of continuing importance and interest today, especially for its theory of conscience. Smith sees the origin of conscience in the sympathetic and antipathetic feelings of spectators. As spectators of the actions of other people, we can imagine how we would feel in their situation. If we would share their motives, we approve of their action. If not, we disapprove. When we ourselves take an action, we know from experience what spectators would feel, approval or disapproval. That knowledge forms conscience, an imagined impartial spectator who tells us whether an action is right or wrong. In describing the content of moral judgement, Smith is much influenced by Stoic ethics, with an emphasis on self-command, but he voTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Elegant and engaging. * Charlotte Brown, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Remarkably comprehensive, without sacrificing the subtlety of its critical exegesis... offers revealing treatment of Smith's work on a variety of key topics... this readable book is a welcome study of a fascinating and illuminating body of work. * Brian Feltham, Times Literary Supplement *...engaging...a gift to anyone interested in Adam Smith and the history of British moral philosophy. * Sylvana Tomaselli, British Journal for the History of Philosophy *Table of Contents1. Two Versions ; 2. Sympathy and Imagination ; 3. Motive and Consequence ; 4. Spectator Theory ; 5. The Impartial Spectator ; 6. Comparisons and Comment ; 7. Moral Rules ; 8. Virtue ; 9. The Cardinal Virtues ; 10. Virtue and Beauty ; 11. Ethics and Theology ; 12. Jurisprudence ; 13. Ethics and Economics ; 14. Smith's Enduring Contribution
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Oxford University Press THE EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF MORALS
Book SynopsisJesse Prinz argues that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology supports two radical hypotheses about the nature of morality: moral values are based on emotional responses, and these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. In the first half of the book, Jesse Prinz defends the hypothesis that morality has an emotional foundation. Evidence from brain imaging, social psychology, and psychopathology suggest that, when we judge something to be right or wrong, we are merely expressing our emotions. Prinz argues that these emotions do not track objective features of reality; rather, the rightness and wrongness of an act consists in the fact that people are disposed to have certain emotions towards it. In the second half of the book, he turns to a defence of moral relativism. Moral facts depend on emotional responses, and emotional responses vary from culture to culture. Prinz surveys the anthropological record to establish moTrade Review[an] excellent new book... an intelligent and provocative account * Tamler Sommers, Times Literary Supplement *a good book. Prinz has a roaming, eager mind that is fun to engage with, and his defense of sensibility theory is full of new resources that promise to invigorate the metaethical debate. On almost every page there is something to excite one's interest * Richard Joyce, Mind *Table of ContentsPART I. MORALITY AND EMOTION; PART II. CONSTRUCTING MORALS
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Oxford University Press Intellectual Virtues
Book SynopsisOut of the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood have developed an approach they call ''regulative epistemology''. This is partly a return to classical and medieval traditions, partly in the spirit of Locke''s and Descartes''s concern for intellectual formation, partly an exploration of connections between epistemology and ethics, and partly an approach that has never been tried before. Standing on the shoulders of recent epistemologists - including William Alston, Alvin Plantinga, Ernest Sosa, and Linda Zagzebski - Roberts and Wood pursue epistemological questions by looking closely and deeply at particular traits of intellectual character such as love of knowledge, intellectual autonomy, intellectual generosity, and intellectual humility. Central to their vision is an account of intellectual goods that includes not just knowledge as properly grounded belief, but understanding and personal acquaintance, acquired and shared through the many social pTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Intellectual Virtues is a very rich, novel, and important contribution to the literature in character-based virtue epistemology; it is, in fact, the most important contribution in the last decade. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in virtue epistemology and it is sure to enjoy this status for many years to come. * Jason Baehr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART ONE: CONTEXTS; PART TWO: INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES
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Oxford University Press, USA Partiality and Impartiality Morality Special Relationships and the Wider World
Book SynopsisIssues of impartiality and partiality are a major focus of debate in moral theory. What demands do the needs and interests of others place upon us? Should our personal relationships and commitments have a special place in our moral deliberations? Or, in as much as we are moral, should we be impartial even between our own children and complete strangers? Ten specially written essays by experts in the field offer a variety of perspectives, which will interest readers in both theoretical and practical ethics. A central theme of the volume is whether impartiality and partiality are really opposed dimensions or if they can be harmoniously reconciled in one picture of the good ethical life.Trade Reviewseveral of the chapters in this volume make important, even substantive, contributions to the literature and are of considerable philosophical interest. * Rex Martin, Journal of Utilitas *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. When is Impartiality Morally Appropriate? ; 2. The Demands of Impartiality and the Evolution of Morality ; 3. Impartiality and Ethical Formation ; 4. The Bishop, The Chambermaid, The Wife, and The Ass: What difference does it make if something is mine? ; 5. Morality and Reasonable Partiality ; 6. Permissible Partiality, Projects, and Plural Agency ; 7. Responsibility within Relations ; 8. Which Relationships Justify Partiality? General Considerations and Problem Cases ; 9. Fairness and Non-Compliance ; 10. I Will If You Will: Leveraged Enhancements and Distributive Justice ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Normative Web
Book SynopsisAntirealist views about morality claim that moral facts or truths do not exist. Does this imply that other types of normative facts, such as epistemic facts, do not exist? The Normative Web develops a positive answer to this question. Terence Cuneo argues that moral and epistemic facts are sufficiently similar so that, if moral facts do not exist, then epistemic facts do not exist. But epistemic facts do exist: to deny their existence would commit us to an extreme version of epistemological scepticism. Therefore, Cuneo concludes, moral facts do exist. And if moral facts exist, then moral realism is true. It is sometimes said that moral realists rarely offer arguments for their position, settling instead for mere defenses of a view they find intuitively plausible. By contrast, The Normative Web provides not merely a defense of robust realism in ethics, but a positive argument for this position. In so doing, it engages with a range of antirealist positions in epistemology such as error tTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Terence Cuneo, someone already identified by those who have been paying attention as a young moral philosopher to watch, has written a splendid book...an important and engaging contribution to the metaethical literature. * James Lenman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The Normative Web is an important book, if for no other reason than it does something that is unfortunately all too rare in contemporary metaethics: it presents a very promising argument in favour of moral realism. * Daniel Star, Mind *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Moral Realism of a Paradigmatic Sort ; 2. Defending the Parallel ; 3. The Parity Premise ; 4. Epistemic Nihilism ; 5. Epistemic Expressivism: Traditional Views ; 6. Epistemic Expressivism: Nontraditional Views ; 7. Epistemic Reductionism ; 8. Three Objections to the Core Argument ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Confusion of the Spheres
Book SynopsisCursory allusions to the relation between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein are common in the philosophical literature, but there has been little in the way of serious and comprehensive commentary on the relationship of their ideas. Genia Schönbaumsfeld closes this gap and offers new readings of Kierkegaard''s and Wittgenstein''s conceptions of philosophy and religious belief. Chapter one documents Kierkegaard''s influence on Wittgenstein, while chapters two and three provide trenchant criticisms of two prominent attempts to compare the two thinkers, D. Z. Phillips and James Conant. In chapter four, Schönbaumsfeld develops Kierkegaard''s and Wittgenstein''s concerted criticisms of the ''spaceship view'' of religion and defends it against the common charges of ''fideism'' and ''irrationalism''. As well as contributing to contemporary debate about how to read Kierkegaard''s and Wittgenstein''s work, A Confusion of the Spheres addresses issues which not only concern scholars of Wittgenstein anTrade ReviewA sharply argued contribution to the philosophical effort to understand religious language * John Whittaker, Review of Metaphysics *Genia Schönbaumsfeld's book ... breaks novel ground in its comparison of Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein ... Schönbaumsfeld outlines an attractive interpretative position that gives us a way of making sense not only of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's work ... but of what it is to have a religious belief. ... it deserves to be taken seriously, and is highly recommended. * Jamie Turnbull, International Journal of Philosophical Studies *Genia Schönbaumsfeld's impressive recent book ... offers a novel and fascinating way of understanding Wittgenstein's pivotal aims as a philosopher and the motives behind his work, particularly his 'therapeutic' method. * Jonathan Beale, Ratio *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Kierkegaard's Influence on Wittgenstein's Thought ; 2. The Point of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Authorship ; 3. Sense and Ineffabilia - Kierkegaard and the Tractatus ; 4. A Confusion of the Spheres - Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's Conception of Religious Belief ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Oxford Studies in Metaethics
Book SynopsisOxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersection of ethical theory and metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint themselves with the current state of play in metaethics would do well to start here.Trade Reviewthe vast majority of the articles in both volumes deserve careful studying by researchers working in meta-ethics and more generally interested in the nature of normativity. * Francesco Orsi, Philosophy in Review *Table of Contents1. Reason, Reasons and Normativity ; 2. Value and the Right Kind of Reason ; 3. Normativity, Necessity and Tense: A Recipe for Homebaked Normativity ; 4. Non-Naturalism: The Jackson Challenge ; 5. How Objectivity Matters ; 6. When Do Goals Advance the Norms that Explain Them? ; 7. Humean Constructivism in Moral Theory ; 8. Humean Theories of Motivation ; 9. A Sentimentalist Solution to the Moral Attitude Problem ; 10. Categorizing Goods ; 11. Truth, Beauty and Goodness
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Oxford University Press Self and Other
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Oxford University Press Procreation and Parenthood
Book SynopsisProducing and rearing children are immensely important human activities. Procreation and Parenthood offers new and original essays by leading philosophers on some of the main ethical issues raised by these activities. An Introduction supplies an accessible overview of the current debates. Individual chapters then take up particular problems such as: the morality of bringing people into existence; what limits there might be on a person''s freedom to reproduce; whether human beings need to ensure that they only create the best possible children; whether there is a conflict between justice and parents'' devotion of time and money to their own children; and, whether parents acquire their role because of their intention to do so or because they are responsible for bringing children into being.Trade ReviewArchard and Benatar have assembled six excellent essays, three concerning the ethics of creating life and three concerning the ethics of providing parental care. Each essay is clearly written and well argued, clearly situates its contribution in the larger literature, and makes an original contribution that advances the conversation of which it is a part. This makes the book both a must-read for those already working in these areas and an excellent point-of-entry for those who are not. * Norvin Richards, Mind *Each chapter in this collection makes a welcome contribution to the growing literature in the field... the clarity of writing throughout, combined with the extensive background offered in the introduction, should make the volume accessible to anyone interested in the ethics of procreation and parenthood and the challenges presented by assisted reproductive technologies. * Katherine King, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *[an] admirably clear and sharply written book. * Adrian Thatcher, Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality *Each essay is clearly written and well argued, clearly situates its contribution in the larger literature, and makes an original contribution that advances the conversation of which it is a part. This makes the book both a must-read for those already working in these areas and an excellent point-of-entry for those who are not. * Norvin Richards, Mind *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. In defence of genethical parity ; 3. An ordinary chance of a desirable existence ; 4. The limits of reproductive freedom ; 5. The obligations and responsibilities of parenthood ; 6. Parental responsibilities in an unjust world ; 7. Willing parents: A voluntarist account of parental role obligations
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Oxford University Press WellBeing and Death
Book SynopsisWell-Being and Death addresses philosophical questions about death and the good life: what makes a life go well? Is death bad for the one who dies? How is this possible if we go out of existence when we die? Is it worse to die as an infant or as a young adult? Is it bad for animals and fetuses to die? Can the dead be harmed? Is there any way to make death less bad for us? Ben Bradley defends the following views: pleasure, rather than achievement or the satisfaction of desire, is what makes life go well; death is generally bad for its victim, in virtue of depriving the victim of more of a good life; death is bad for its victim at times after death, in particular at all those times at which the victim would have been living well; death is worse the earlier it occurs, and hence it is worse to die as an infant than as an adult; death is usually bad for animals and fetuses, in just the same way it is bad for adult humans; things that happen after someone has died cannot harm that person; thTrade ReviewThis is a masterfully conducted investigation into some of the most difficult questions surrounding the value of death. * Krister Bykvist, Ethical Perspectives *Bradley's Well-Being and Death is careful, beautifully written, clearly argued... His arguments that dead persons can have well-being levels and that it is not possible to "defeat" death are especially worthy of very careful attention. * James Stacey Taylor, Journal of Moral Philosophy *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Well-Being ; 2. The Evil of Death ; 3. Existence and Time ; 4. Does Psychology Matter? ; 5. Can Death be Defeated? ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
Book SynopsisWhile the problem of evil remains a perennial challenge to theistic belief, little attention has been paid to the special problem of animal pain and suffering. This absence is especially conspicuous in our Darwinian era when theists are forced to confront the fact that animal pain and suffering has gone on for at least tens of millions of years, through billions of animal generations. Evil of this sort might not be especially problematic if the standard of explanations for evil employed by theists could be applied in this instance as well. But there is the central problem: all or most of the explanations for evil cited by theists seem impotent to explain the reality of animal pain and suffering through evolutionary history. Nature Red in Tooth and Claw addresses the evil of animal pain and suffering directly, scrutinizing explanations that have been offered for such evil.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Michael Murray has written what I believe to be the only book-length study in English of theodicy and animal suffering in the philosophy of religion. The problem is so obvious and so clearly important that a book like this is long overdue. Philosophers of religion, theologians, and, indeed, anyone interested in the intellectual credibility of classical theism will find this book, stimulating and helpful... Nature Red in Tooth Claw is both careful and comprehensive... littered with interesting arguments... the book is excellent. * Gary Chartier, Religious Studies *This book offers an overview of theistic attempts to reconcile the existence of the suffering of non-human animals with the exsistence of the God of classical theism -- the omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good creator of the world. It is clearly written and comprehensive... Over the course of his book, Murray develops a powerful argument. * T. J. Mawson, MIND *Table of Contents1. Problems Of and Explanations for Evil ; 2. Neo-Cartesianism ; 3. Animal Suffering and the Fall ; 4. Nobility, Flourishing, and Immortality: Animal Pain and Animal Well-Being ; 5. Natural Evil, Nomic Regularity, and Animal Suffering ; 6. Chaos, Order, and Evolution ; 7. Combining CD's
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Oxford University Press, USA SelfImprovement
Book SynopsisIs there any moral obligation to improve oneself, to foster and develop various capacities in oneself? From a broadly Kantian point of view, Self-Improvement defends the view that there is such an obligation and that it is an obligation that each person owes to him or herself. The defence addresses a range of arguments philosophers have mobilized against this idea, including the argument that it is impossible to owe anything to yourself, and the view that an obligation to improve onself is overly ''moralistic''. Robert N. Johnson argues against Kantian universalization arguments for the duty of self-improvement, as well as arguments that bottom out in a supposed value humanity has. At the same time, he defends a position based on the notion that self- and other-respecting agents would, under the right circumstances, accept the principle of self-improvement and would leave it up to each to be the person to whom this duty is owed.Trade Reviewthe book is well-argued and presents an excellent contribution to both ethics and Kantian studies * Sorin Baiasu, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. What is an ability? ; 3. Duties to and regarding ourselves ; 4. What we can't improve in others ; 5. Self-improvement as an imperfect duty ; 6. The Universalizability of self-improvement ; 7. Self-respect and self-improvement
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Oxford University Press Hard Luck
Book SynopsisThe concept of luck has played an important role in debates concerning free will and moral responsibility, yet participants in these debates have relied upon an intuitive notion of what luck is. Neil Levy develops an account of luck, which is then applied to the free will debate. He argues that the standard luck objection succeeds against common accounts of libertarian free will, but that it is possible to amend libertarian accounts so that they are no more vulnerable to luck than is compatibilism. But compatibilist accounts of luck are themselves vulnerable to a powerful luck objection: historical compatibilisms cannot satisfactorily explain how agents can take responsibility for their constitutive luck; non-historical compatibilisms run into insurmountable difficulties with the epistemic condition on control over action. Levy argues that because epistemic conditions on control are so demanding that they are rarely satisfied, agents are not blameworthy for performing actions that theyTrade ReviewHard Luck is important and challenging. Some of the arguments it directs at varieties of compatibilism, especially those concerning control, should generate much useful discussion. And Levy brings empirical research to bear fruitfully on issues like the effects of unconscious attitudes. * Steven Sverdlik, Mind *[an] impressively wide-ranging book ... a no-frills and honest engagement with the issues by a creative philosopher, and it deserves to be read. * Neal A. Tognazzini, Australasian Journal of Philosophy *All in all, Hard Luck is good philosophy: informed, clear and controversial. * Brian Jonathan Garrett, Philosophy in Review, (2013), no. 3 *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ; 1. Introduction ; 2. An Account of Luck ; 3. Luck and Libertarianism ; 4. The Luck Problem for Compatibilists ; 5. The Epistemic Dimensions of Control ; 6. Akratic Freedom? ; 7. The Retreat to the Inner Citadel ; 8. Quality Of Will Theories And History-Insensitive Compatibilism ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Book SynopsisOne of the most important philosophers of recent times, Elizabeth Anscombe wrote books and articles on a wide range of topics, including the ground-breaking monograph Intention. Her work is original, challenging, often difficult, always insightful; but it has frequently been misunderstood, and its overall significance is still not fully appreciated. This book is the first major study of Anscombe''s philosophical oeuvre. In it, Roger Teichmann presents Anscombe''s main ideas, bringing out their interconnections, elaborating and discussing their implications, pointing out objections and difficulties, and aiming to give a unified overview of her philosophy. Many of Anscombe''s arguments are relevant to contemporary debates, as Teichmann shows, and on a number of topics what Anscombe has to say constitutes a powerful alternative to dominant or popular views. Among the writings discussed are Intention, ''Practical Inference'', ''Modern Moral Philosophy'', ''Rules, Rights and Promises'', ''OTrade Reviewlucid, insightful, and thoroughly well informed by a familiarity with Anscombe's daunting range of philosophical writings ... a worthy tribute to Anscombe's legacy. * Duncan Richter, International Journal of Philosophical Studies *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
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Oxford University Press The Methods of Bioethics
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Oxford University Press, USA Essays on Kant
Book SynopsisThis volume presents seventeen essays by one of the world's leading scholars on Kant. Henry E. Allison explores the nature of transcendental idealism, freedom of the will, and the concept of the purposiveness of nature. He places Kant's views in their historical context and explores their contemporary relevance to present day philosophers.Trade ReviewAny new book from Henry Allison, one of the most influential Kant scholars in the four-decade-old resurgence of interest in Kant, is welcomeThe value of this particular essay, and the book in general, is that it invites this kind of further consideration of Allison's pivotal and comprehensive interpretation of Kant. * Frederick Rauscher, Mind *Allison's work is typically clear, thoughtful, and based upon careful reading and contemplation of both Kant's words and his deep intentions. No matter ones particular interests in Kant, this volume will serve as a welcome guide and deserves careful attention by anyone seriously interested in Kant in particular and the history of philosophy in general. * Andrew Israelsen, Bibliographia *Few people have had more impact on how Anglo-American philosophers read Kant than Henry Allison. . . . Throughout the diversity of this material, Allison sustains his characteristic clarity, seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of Kant's texts, and unified vision of Kant's Critical philosophy. . . . Allison's interpretations of Kant in these essays are, as always, something about which Kant scholars will have to think, and argue, for years to come. * Nicholas Stang, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE; PART FOUR
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Oxford University Press Lying and Deception
Book SynopsisThomas Carson offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of moral and conceptual questions about lying and deception. Part I addresses conceptual questions and offers definitions of lying, deception, and related concepts such as withholding information, keeping someone in the dark, and half truths. Part II deals with questions in ethical theory. Carson argues that standard debates about lying and deception between act-utilitarians and their critics are inconclusive because they rest on appeals to disputed moral intuitions. He defends a version of the golden rule and a theory of moral reasoning. His theory implies that there is a moral presumption against lying and deception that causes harm -- a presumption at least as strong as that endorsed by act-utilitarianism. He uses this theory to justify his claims about the issues he addresses in Part III: deception and withholding information in sales, deception in advertising, bluffing in negotiations, the duties of professioTrade ReviewI think that Carson's analysis comes very close to capturing the normative element of lying ... Carson has produced an excellent work that combines conceptual analysis, moral theory, and applied philosophy. Anyone interested in lying and deception from any of these philosophical perspectives should read this book. Moreover, Carson is right to emphasize the conceptual and moral importance of warranting the truth of what you do not believe. * Don Fallis, Mind *The book is well organized and carefully and subtly argued. Carson is grounded in both philosophical scholarship and intellectual history. The book moves from theory to application and opens areas of applied ethics not often discussed ... the book is also rich with stories and examples and in some places it soars as with the discussion of the Iraq war. Lying and Deception deserves to be widely read as Carson has threaded years of scholarship on this topic into a rich and coherent account. Two thumbs up! * Norman Bowie, Business Ethics Quarterly *I cannot here do justice to Carson's defense of the Golden Rule... nor to his application of his definitions and moral arguments to the range of issues considered in the final chapters... This book is important insofar as it is a lengthy treatment of a topic that is too often relegated to parts of books or articles. Thankfully, this situation is changing, and Carson has done much to bring about this change. * James Mahon, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Carson makes the strong case that honesty in the negative sense is a virtue in ordinary circumstances, while in the positive sense it often is not... Anyone with a philosophical interest in the concept of lying will find Carson's book rewarding, and it is necessary reading for those interested in the subtle distinctions between lying and its related terms. * Eleni Kaklamanou, Journal of Applied Philosophy *Table of ContentsIntroduction and Precis ; PART I: CONCEPTS ; 1. Lying ; 2. Deception and Related Concepts ; PART II: MORAL THEORY ; PART II A: NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORY ; 3. Kant and the Absolute Prohibition against Lying ; 4. Act-Utilitarianism ; 5. Ross and Rule-Consequentialism ; PART II B: MORAL REASONING ; 6. The Golden Rule and a Theory of Moral Reasoning ; PART II C: THE IMPLICATIONS OF IIA AND IIB FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT LYING AND DECEPTION ; 7. The Partial Overlap/Convergence of Reasonable Views ; PART III: APPLICATIONS ; 8. Deception and Withholding Information on Sales ; 9. Deception in Advertising ; 10. Bluffing and Deception in Negotiations ; 11. Honesty, Professionals, and the Vulnerability of the Public ; 12. Lying and Deception about Questions of War and Peace: Case Studies ; 13. Honesty, Conflicts, and the Telling of History: More Case Studies ; 14. Honesty as a Virtue ; Bibliography ; Index
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