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Ethics After Anscombe
Duncan Richter
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Description for Ethics After Anscombe
Hardback. This work is a challenge to G.E.M. Anscombe in "Modern Moral Philosophy". It makes a contribution to the debate on virtue theory and anti-theory, and shows the relevance of such theoretical discussion to moral issues such as abortion, suicide, and the moral status of animals. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
How, if at all, can we do moral philosophy in the light of the radical critique made by Elizabeth Anscombe in "Modem Moral Philosophy"? Among the principal theses of this essay is that ethical thinking (that of philosophers and others) suffers from a widespread appeal to incoherent uses of terms such as 'obligation,' 'ought,' 'right' and 'wrong. ' In this book I first explain and evaluate her thesis and the argument for it, and I then confront the challenge it poses: what ways are there of doing moral philosophy that avoid the kind of incoherence to which she has drawn ... Read more
How, if at all, can we do moral philosophy in the light of the radical critique made by Elizabeth Anscombe in "Modem Moral Philosophy"? Among the principal theses of this essay is that ethical thinking (that of philosophers and others) suffers from a widespread appeal to incoherent uses of terms such as 'obligation,' 'ought,' 'right' and 'wrong. ' In this book I first explain and evaluate her thesis and the argument for it, and I then confront the challenge it poses: what ways are there of doing moral philosophy that avoid the kind of incoherence to which she has drawn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792360933
SKU
V9780792360933
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