Ethics and moral philosophy / edited by Thom Brooks.

• Superior document: Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Brooks, Thom.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Practical Reason Standards, Advice, and Practical Reason /; Does Rationality Consist in Responding Correctly to Reasons? /; Practical Reason, Value and Action /; Normativity and Practical Judgement /; Particularism Ethics Without Reasons? /; Defending the Right /; Moral Realism Moral and Theological Realism: The Explanatory Argument /; Anti-Reductionism and Supervenience /; Virtue Ethics Han Feizi’s Criticism of Confucianism and Its Implications for Virtue Ethics /; Aristotelian Virtue and the Interpersonal Aspect of Ethical Character /; Good but Not Required?—Assessing the Demands of Kantian Ethics /; Virtue, Character and Situation /; Ethics and Moral Philosophy Doing Harm, Allowing Harm, and Denying Resources /; Time-Relative Interests and Abortion /; The Basis of Human Moral Status /; The Mixed Solution to the Number Problem /; Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands /; Essentialism and Anti-Essentialism in Feminist Philosophy /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283326914; 9786613326911; 9004215336
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thom Brooks.

Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The essays have all appeared recently in the Journal of Moral Philosophy , an internationally recognized leading philosophy journal. This book is divided into five sections: practical reason, particularism, moral realism, virtue ethics, and ethics and moral philosophy more generally.