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"Conduct is determined not just by what we do, but also by why and how we do it. Written by an internationally high-profile philosopher, this is the first full statement of an ethics of conduct, spanning moral theory, practical ethics, and theories of obligation and value"--
List of contents
I. Dimensions of Moral Conduct: 1. Action and the Will; 2. Moral Worth; 3. Manners of Action; II. Moral Obligation: 4. Moral Principles: The Traditional Common Core; 5. Higher-Level Moral Obligations; 6. Living Morally; III. Moral Knowledge and Normative Realism: 7. The Epistemology of Moral Principles; 8. Moral Perception and Singular Moral Judgment; 9. Moral Explanation and Moral Realism; IV. Reasons, Values, and Obligations: 10. Reasons, Values, and the Structure of Rational Action; 11. The Diversity of Value; 12. Consequentialism and Deontology; Conclusion.
About the author
Robert Audi is John O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is Editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2015), and his many publications in ethics include Reasons, Rights, and Values (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and Means, Ends, and Persons (Oxford University Press, 2016).
Summary
Conduct is determined not just by what we do, but also by why and how we do it. Written by an internationally high-profile philosopher, this is the first full statement of an ethics of conduct, spanning moral theory, practical ethics, and theories of obligation and value.
