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Klappentext This collection of essays explores the area of ethics in relation to issues such as the nature of moral endeavour and the request for a justification of moral endeavour. Professor Phillips considers the work of Thomas Nagel and Peter Winch in this book. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays explores the area of ethics in relation to issues such as the nature of moral endeavour and the request for a justification of moral endeavour. Professor Phillips considers the work of Thomas Nagel and Peter Winch in this book. Inhaltsverzeichnis On morality's having a point; moral practices and Anscombe's grocer; the possibilities of moral advice; after virtue; the presumption of theory; what can we expect from ethics?; not in front of the children - children and the hetrogenity of morals; does it pay to be good?; in search of the moral "must" - Mrs Foot's fugitive thought; do moral considerations override others?; an argument from extreme cases?; morality and purpose; how lucky can you get?; some limits to moral endeavour; self-knowledge and pessimism; my neighbour and my neighbours; philosophy and the heterogeneity of the human; necessary reward, necesary punishment and character.
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On morality's having a point; moral practices and Anscombe's grocer; the possibilities of moral advice; after virtue; the presumption of theory; what can we expect from ethics?; not in front of the children - children and the hetrogenity of morals; does it pay to be good?; in search of the moral "must" - Mrs Foot's fugitive thought; do moral considerations override others?; an argument from extreme cases?; morality and purpose; how lucky can you get?; some limits to moral endeavour; self-knowledge and pessimism; my neighbour and my neighbours; philosophy and the heterogeneity of the human; necessary reward, necesary punishment and character.
