Natural Citizens - Ethical Formation As Biological Development

Informationen zum Autor Richard Paul Hamilton is senior lecturer in philosophy and bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle. Klappentext Contributing to the naturalistic virtue ethics tradition, Natural Citizens applies recent work in the life sciences to develop a form of ethical naturalism that aspires to be non-reductive yet empirically responsible. Zusammenfassung Contributing to the naturalistic virtue ethics tradition, Natural Citizens applies recent work in the life sciences to develop a form of ethical naturalism that aspires to be non-reductive yet empirically responsible. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Naturalist Humanism Chapter One: Why Should We Be Naturalists? Chapter Two: Standard Naturalism, The Placement Problem and Companion in Guilt Arguments Chapter Three: Is the Natural Goodness Approach of Philippa Foot and Michael Thompson a Suitable Candidate for Liberal Naturalism? Chapter Four: The Possibility of a Transcendental Naturalism Chapter Five: The Myth of The Biological Given and The Developmentalist Turn Chapter Six: Virtues as Powers and Perfection Chapter Seven: Virtue as Skilled Perception Chapter Eight: Culture as Our Ecological Niche Chapter Nine: The Burdens of Attentiveness Chapter Ten: Can There Be Bourgeois Virtues? Conclusion: Radical Hope and Revolutionary Virtue

Product details

• Authors: Richard Paul Hamilton
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781793633514
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-351-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy