Informationen zum Autor David Copp is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida. He is the author of Morality, Normativity, and Society and of many articles in moral and political philosophy. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint....

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David Copp is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida. He is the author of Morality, Normativity, and Society and of many articles in moral and political philosophy.

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The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint.

Zusammenfassung
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint.

Inhalt

• Introduction: Meta-Ethics and Normative Ethics
• PART I: Meta-Ethics
• 1: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Moral Realism
• 2: Philip Quinn, University of Notre Dame: Theological Voluntarism
• 3: Nick Sturgeon, Cornell University: Ethical Naturalism
• 4: Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading and University of Texas at Austin: Non-Naturalism
• 5: Simon Blackburn, University of Cambridge: Anti-Realist Expressivism and Quasi-Realism
• 6: Philip Kitcher, Columbia University: Biology and Ethics
• 7: Justin D'Arms, The Ohio State University, and Dan Jacobson, Bowling Green State University: Sensibility Theory and Projectivism
• 8: Michael Slote, University of Miami: Moral Sentimentalism and Moral Psychology
• 9: Jamie Dreier, Brown University: Moral Relativism and Moral Nihilism
• 10: Peter Railton, University of Michigan: Human Theory of Practical Rationality
• 11: Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan: Morality and Practical Reason: A Kantian Approach
• 12: John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside : Free Will and Moral Responsibility

• PART II: Normative Ethical Theory
• 13: Thomas Hurka, University of Toronto: Value Theory
• 14: David Brink, University of California, San Diego and University of San Diego Law School: Some Forms and Limits of Consequentialism
• 15: David McNaughton, Florida State University, and Piers Rawling, Florida State University: Deontology
• 16: Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester and British Academy: Moral Rights
• 17: Thomas E. Hill, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Kantian Normative Ethics
• 18: Julia Annas, University of Arizona: Virtue Ethics
• 19: Virginia Held, City University of New York, Graduate School: The Ethics of Care
• 20: Mark Lance, Georgetown University, and Margaret Little, Georgetown University: Particularism and Anti-Theory
• 21: Michael DePaul, University of Notre Dame: Intuitions in Moral Inquiry
• 22: Gerald Dworkin, University of California, Davis: Theory, Practice, and Moral Reasoning