Principled Ethics Generalism As a Regulative Ideal,9780199290659

Principled Ethics Generalism As a Regulative Ideal

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ISBN13: 9780199290659
ISBN10: 0199290652
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-06-22
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. However, the underlying assumption that this is the best approach has received almost no defence, and has been attacked by particularists, who argue that the traditional link between morality and principles is little more than an unwarranted prejudice. In Principled Ethics, Michael Ridge and Sean McKeever meet the particularist challenge head-on, and defend a distinctive view they call "generalism as a regulative ideal."

Author Biography

Sean McKeever is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Davidson College, North Carolina Michael Ridge is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Table of Contents

Part I. The Particularist Challenge 1(112)
1 Many Moral Particularisms
3(22)
2 Holism about Reasons
25(21)
3 Default Reasons
46(30)
4 Moral Vision
76(18)
5 Constitutive Generalism
94(19)
Part II. The Case for Generalism as a Regulative Ideal
6 From Moral Knowledge to Default Principles
113(25)
7 Beyond Default Principles: Trimming the Hedges
138(39)
8 Generalism as a Regulative Ideal
177(19)
9 Principled Guidance
196(28)
Appendix: 'That's It' 224(4)
Bibliography 228(7)
Index 235

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