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British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing
Thomas Hurka
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Description for British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing
This is the first full historical study of a key strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. The subject is a school of British ethical theorists from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, including Sidgwick and Moore. Hurka shows what these philosophers thought, how they influenced each other, and how their ideas changed through time. Series: The Oxford History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
Thomas Hurka presents the first full historical study of an important strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. His subject is a series of British ethical theorists from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, who shared key assumptions that made them a unified and distinctive school. The best-known of them are Henry Sidgwick, G. E. Moore, and W. D. Ross; others include Hastings Rashdall, H. A. Prichard, C. D. Broad, and A. C. Ewing. They disagreed on some important topics, especially in normative ethics. Thus some were consequentialists and others deontologists: Sidgwick thought only pleasure is good ... Read more
Thomas Hurka presents the first full historical study of an important strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. His subject is a series of British ethical theorists from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, who shared key assumptions that made them a unified and distinctive school. The best-known of them are Henry Sidgwick, G. E. Moore, and W. D. Ross; others include Hastings Rashdall, H. A. Prichard, C. D. Broad, and A. C. Ewing. They disagreed on some important topics, especially in normative ethics. Thus some were consequentialists and others deontologists: Sidgwick thought only pleasure is good ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
The Oxford History of Philosophy
Number of Pages
326
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199233625
SKU
V9780199233625
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About Thomas Hurka
Thomas Hurka is Chancellor Henry N.R. Jackman Distinguished Professor of Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto and taught previously at the University of Calgary. He is the author of several books primarily in the theory of value--Perfectionism (OUP, 1993), Virtue, Vice, and Value (OUP, 2001), and The Best Things in Life (OUP, 2011)--and is the author of Underivative Duty: ... Read more
Reviews for British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing
This is a remarkable book. Thomas Hurka offers us an extraordinarily rich account of the views of a century of British moral philosophers ... he also offers characteristically forceful assessments of who was right and which changes of view were for the better and which for the worse ... Hurka's book is a wonderful resource. The index alone is amazing. ... Read more