{"product_id":"moral-theory-and-anomaly-9780631218333","title":"Moral Theory and Anomaly","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsiders and rejects the claim that moral theory is too utopian to apply properly to worldly pursuits like political office holding and business, and too patriarchal and speciesist to generate a theory of justice applicable to women and the non-human natural world. This book is suitable for those who work in ethics and moral philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a spirited and wide-ranging defence of ethical theory, Sorell combines sympathetic understanding and penetrating criticism. Both sceptics about theory and proponents of new paradigms will need to engage with his arguments.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJimmy Altham,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sorell convincingly shows how certain issues in applied ethics create anomalies. Do these anomalies result in a justified scepticism toward traditional ethical theory? No, but the claims of traditional theory must be more modest. A subtle and persuasive piece of philosophy.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eNorman Bowie,\u003c\/b\u003e The London Business School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Doubts About Moral Theories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Moral Theory and Anti-Theory: Uses for Moral Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScepticism about Moral Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCountering Anti-Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Theory versus Theories: Williams on Moral Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Rough Parallel: Normal Science and Standard Normative Ethical Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuzzles in Moral Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuzzles versus Anomalies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Argument of the Rest of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Some Sources of Anomaly?\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Business, the Ethical and Self-interest: Two Sources of Prima Facie Anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Utopianism of Business Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Sensibility and Insensibility in Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Reasons Again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deep Problem in Business Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Politics, Power and Partisanship: Political Morality: The Moral Risks of Power for the Public Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirty Hands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Morality, Private Morality and Moral Schizophrenia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHampshire's Anti-Theory of Political Morality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Difference Democracy Makes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy and Partisanship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Feminism and Moral Theory: How Conventional Theories Let Women Down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Theory After Gilligan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Care? Sarah Hoagland's \u003ci\u003eLesbian Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory Without Patriarchy?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Challenge of Practice: Two True Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Environmentalism and Moral Theory: The Land Ethic and its Competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs the Land Ethic a Moral Theory?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Thoroughgoing is the Land Ethic?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Grounding Reconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Deep Environmentalist Theory to Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Residual Anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Conclusion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Significance of Anomaly: Anomalies Reviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo Anomalies Have Anything in Common?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Significance of Anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525935145303,"sku":"9780631218333","price":103.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631218333.jpg?v=1731862290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moral-theory-and-anomaly-9780631218333","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}