Concept of Morality

List of contents

1. The Nature of Philosophy of Ethics 2. In What Sense is Ethics a Theoretical Study of Objective Facts? 3. Rationality of Morals 4. The Decision, Attitude and Command Theories of Moral 5. The Characteristics of Moral Values 6. The Concept of Good 7. The Concepts of ‘Ought’, ‘Right’ and ‘Duty’ 8. Moral Praise and Blame

Summary

The book clarifies the implications of conceptions which are used when aspects of our experiences are evaluated from a moral point of view. It examines theories which suggest that the function of ethical philosophy is something quite other than what traditional philosophers believed it to be, namely by asking what goodness or justice is.

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Product details

• Authors: Pratima Bowes, Bowes Pratima
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367900625
• ISBN: 978-0-367-90062-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, SCIENCE / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy