From Principles to Practice: Normativity and Judgement in Ethics and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781107534353 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 234 str.

Onora O'Neill

Opis

Although abstract principles alone cannot guide action, they can be combined to shape good practical judgement and change the world.

Recenzje

'Onora O'Neill has done seminal work on the interpretation of Kant's moral theory and the development of a modern Kantian ethic over the last several decades. This volume collects several recent essays that take up the role of principles in moral reasoning, the relation between principles and judgement, and related issues. Professor O'Neill's views and insights about these questions are invaluable. This volume will be of interest to anyone working in moral or political philosophy.' Andrews Reath, University of California

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the references to Kant's works; Part I. Why Practical Principles Matter: 1. Modern moral philosophy and the problem of relevant descriptions; 2. Two cultures fifty years on; 3. Scientific inquiry and normative reasoning; Part II. Abstract Principles and Practical Judgement: 4. Abstraction, idealisation and ideology; 5. Normativity and practical judgement; 6. Instituting principles: between duty and action; 7. Experts, practitioners and practical judgement; 8. Kant on indeterminacy, judgement and interpretation; Part III. Means, Ends and Demands: 9. Reason and the resolution of disputes; 10. Consequences for non-consequentialists; 11. Demandingness and rules; Part IV. 'Applied' Ethics and Practical Judgement: 12. Applied ethics: naturalism, normativity and public policy; 13. Practical principles and practical judgement in bioethics; 14. Enactable and enforceable: Kant's criteria for right and virtue; Index.