Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism

Zusatztext global quotes complete www - test Informationen zum Autor MARIKO NAKANO-OKUNO is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University, USA, and an award-winning philosopher/author in Japan. Her work includes 'Sidgwick and Kant: On the So-called 'Discrepancies' between Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics,' in Henry Sidgwick: Happiness and Religion , edited by Bucolo, Crisp & Schultz (2007). Klappentext A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics. Zusammenfassung A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics – The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: SIDGWICK'S THEORY OF ETHICS The Scope of Ethics An Overview of The Methods of Ethics Three Methods, Intuition, and Common Sense Meta-Ethical Analyses Testing the Significance of Apparent Truths The Three Fundamental Principles Philosophical Foundations of Utilitarianism PART II: A RE-EXAMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY UTILITARIANISM An Approach Not Appealing to Moral Intuition A Reappraisal of Hedonism Interpersonal Comparison and Maximization Reconciling the Dualism of the Practical Reason Concluding Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Introduction PART I: SIDGWICK'S THEORY OF ETHICS The Scope of Ethics An Overview of The Methods of Ethics Three Methods, Intuition, and Common Sense Meta-Ethical Analyses Testing the Significance of Apparent Truths The Three Fundamental Principles Philosophical Foundations of Utilitarianism PART II: A RE-EXAMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY UTILITARIANISM An Approach Not Appealing to Moral Intuition A Reappraisal of Hedonism Interpersonal Comparison and Maximization Reconciling the Dualism of the Practical Reason Concluding Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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• Auteurs: NAKANO OKUNO MARIKO, M Nakano-Okuno, M. Nakano-Okuno, Mariko Nakano-Okuno
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9780230321786
• ISBN: 978-0-230-32178-6
• Pages: 285
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Soziologie, Religionsphilosophie, B, Sociology, Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, auseinandersetzen, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Sociology, general, Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen, Philosophy of religion, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Religion—Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy