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The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics offers the definitive guide to this key area of contemporary philosophy. Covering all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, thirteen specially commissioned chapters from an international team of experts explore the central ideas, terms and case studies in the field, and new directions in ethics as a whole. Now available in paperback, the Companion to Ethics covers issues such as moral methodology, moral realism, ethical expressivism, constructivism and the error theory, morality and practical reason, moral psychology, morality and religion, consequentialism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, moral particularism, experimental ethics, and biology, evolution and ethics. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including key technical terms, a historical chronology, a detailed list of internet resources for research in ethics, and a thorough list of recommended works for further study, this is the essential resource for anyone studying, researching and writing in contemporary philosophical ethics.
Auteur
Christian Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, USA. He is the author of Moral Character: An Empirical Theory (2013) and Character and Moral Psychology (2014). He is also the director of The Character Project, which is funded by a 4.6 million dollar grant for the study of character from the John Templeton Foundation.
Résumé
The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics offers the definitive guide to this key area of contemporary philosophy. Covering all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, thirteen specially commissioned chapters from an international team of experts explore the central ideas, terms and case studies in the field, and new directions in ethics as a whole. Now available in paperback, the Companion to Ethics covers issues such as moral methodology, moral realism, ethical expressivism, constructivism and the error theory, morality and practical reason, moral psychology, morality and religion, consequentialism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, moral particularism, experimental ethics, and biology, evolution and ethics. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including key technical terms, a historical chronology, a detailed list of internet resources for research in ethics, and a thorough list of recommended works for further study, this is the essential resource for anyone studying, researching and writing in contemporary philosophical ethics.
Contenu
Notes on Contributors
Preface: How to Use this Book, the Intended Audience, and Acknowledgments, Christian Miller (Wake Forest University, USA)
Overview of Contemporary Metaethics and Normative Ethical Theory, Christian Miller (Wake Forest University, USA)
Chronology of Ethics, J. B. Schneewind (John Hopkins University, USA)
Methodological Issues: Reflective Equilibrium, Michael DePaul (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Important Technical Terms in Ethics, Dan Boisvert (University of North Carolina, USA), John Brunero (University of Missouri, USA), Sean McKeever (Davidson College, USA), Eric Wiland (University of Missouri, USA)
Part I: Central Topics in Ethics