Essays in ethical theory
by
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)
Title
:
Essays in ethical theory
Author
:
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)
ISBN
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9780198244394
9780198240716
Personal Author
:
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)
Publication Information
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Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Physical Description
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vi, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Contents
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Why do applied ethics? -- Some confusions about subjectivity -- What makes choices rational? -- Principles -- Supervenience -- Ontology in ethics -- How to decide moral questions rationally -- Reductio ad absurdum of descriptivism -- Pomising game -- Rawl's Theory of justice -- Structure of ethics and morals -- Relevance -- Ethical theory and utilitarianism -- Utilitarianism and the vicarious affects -- Some reasoning about preferences.
Subject Term
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Ethics.
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