Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics Volume 1

by Timmons, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780199693221
• ISBN10: 0199693226
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Oxford Studies in Normative Ethicsis an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative ethics (including moral realism, constructivism, and expressivism) to questions of how we should act and live well.OSNEwill be an essential resource for scholars and students working in moral philosophy.

Author Biography

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Morality Without Foundations, and editor of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Contributors	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
The moral clout of reasonable beliefs	p. 1
Kantian constructivism as normative ethics	p. 26
Treating consenting adults merely as means	p. 51
Two levels of moral thinking	p. 75
In defense of consequentializing	p. 97
Consequentialism and moral rationalism	p. 120
Cordelia's bond and indirect consequentialism	p. 143
You don't have to do what's best! A problem for consequentialists and odier teleologists	p. 166
Supererogation, inside and out: Toward an adequate scheme for common-sense morality	p. 202
The paradox of deontology, revisited	p. 236
Normative ethics, conversion, and pictures as tools of moral persuasion	p. 268
Two cheers for virtue: or, might virtue be habit forming?	p. 295
Index	p. 331
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