Moral Particularism

ISBN-13: 9780198238836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 336 str.

Brad Hooker; Margaret Little

Opis

A timely and penetrating investigation, this book seeks to transform moral philosophy. In the face of continuing disagreement about which general moral principles are correct, there has been a resurgence of interest in the idea that correct moral judgements can be only about particular cases. This view--moral particularism--forecasts a revolution in ordinary moral practice that has until now consisted largely of appeals to general moral principles. Moral particularism also opposes the primary aim of most contemporary normative moral theory that attempts to show that either one general principle, or a set of general principles, is superior to all its rivals.

Recenzje

The volume is indispensable to anyone working on the topic and useful for upper-level and graduate courses. It does represent the current state of the art.

O autorze

Brad Hooker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. Margaret Little is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University.