Ethical Norms, Particular Cases / / James D. Wallace.
James D. Wallace treats moral considerations as beliefs about the right and wrong ways of doing things—beliefs whose source and authority are the same as any other kind of practical knowledge. Principles, rules, and norms arise from people's cumulative experience in pursuing their purposes and...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Particularism And Pluralism
- 2. Morality And Practical Knowledge
- 3. Norms As Instruments
- 4. Understanding Practices
- 5. Practical Knowledge And Will
- 6. Activity And Distributive Norms
- 7. Vexed Cases And The Owl Of Minerva
- Bibliography
- Index