TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dreier,James Lawrence
TI  - Contemporary debates in moral theory
T2  - Contemporary debates in philosophy
SN  - 1405101784
AV  - BJ1012 .C6572 2006
U1  - ARCH YNDC 171 D771C  22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - USA
PB  - Blackwell Publishing, 
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Notes on contributors --; Introduction; James Dreier --; pt. 1; Normative theory --; Is the rightness of action determined by the value of consequences? --; 1; The consequentialist perspective; William Shaw --; 2; Against maximizing act consequentialism; Peter Vallentyne --; 3; Reasons without demands : rethinking rightness; Alastair Norcross --; Can contract theory ground morality? --; 4; Moral contractarianism as a foundation for interpersonal morality; Samuel Freeman --; 5; Can contract theory ground morality?; Philip Pettit --; Are the virtues the proper starting point for ethical theory? --; 6; Are virtues the proper starting point for morality?; Rosalind Hursthouse --; 7; Virtue theory; Julia Driver --; pt. 2; Reason and motivation --; Are moral requirements derived from reason? --; 8; Reason, sentiment, and categorical imperatives; Samuel J. Kerstein --; 9; Must we weep for sentimentalism?; Simon Blackburn --; Is motivation internal to moral judgment? --; 10; How do moral judgments motivate?; Sigrún Svavarsdóttir --; 11; Moral motivation; R. Jay Wallace; pt. 3; Moral facts and explanations --; is morality fully factual? --; 12; Moral factualism; Peter Railton --; 13; Morality without moral facts; Terry Horgan; and; Mark Timmons --; Do moral facts and properties explain anything? --; 14; Moral explanations defended; Nicholas L. Sturgeon --; 15; Moral epistemology and the because constraint; Nick Zangwill --; Are there general moral principles? --; 16; Ethical generality and moral judgment; Robert Audi --; 17; Defending moral particularism; Mark Norris Lance; and; Margaret Olivia Little --; Index of subjects --; Index of names
N2  - This text brings together fresh debates on the most controversial issues in moral theory. Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholars
ER  -