On Justifying Moral Judgements (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9781138016750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str.

Lawrence C. Becker

Opis

The thesis of On Justifying Moral Judgments insists that rigorous justifications are possible for moral judgments. Crucially, Becker argues for the coordination of the three main approaches to moral theory: axiology, deontology, and agent morality. A pluralistic account of the concept of value is expounded, and a solution to the problem of ultimate justification is suggested. Analyses of valuation, evaluation, the ‘is-ought’ issue, and the concepts of obligation, responsibility and the good person are all incorporated into the main line of argument.

Spis treści

Preface;  1. Introduction  2. Axiology, Deontology and Agent Morality  3. Values and Justification Procedure  4. Five Types of Valuation  5. More on Valuation  6. Evaluation  7. Grounding Value Judgment  8. Grounding Value Judgments (continued)  9. Matters of Moral Concern  10. Grounding Deontic Judgments  11. Three Issues Concerning the Arguments so far 1 2. Why Be Moral?  13. The Concept of Responsibility  14. Responsible Agency  15. Avoiding the Free Will Issue  16. Justifying Attributions of Responsibility  17. Justifying Sanctions  18. Justifying Ascriptions of Responsibility  19. Agent Morality: The Concepts of Justice and a Good Man  20. Concluding Remarks;  Index

O autorze

Lawrence C. Becker