Essays in ethical theory
by
 
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)

Title
Essays in ethical theory

Author
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)

ISBN
9780198244394
 
9780198240716

Personal Author
Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn)

Publication Information
Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Physical Description
vi, 262 pages ; 22 cm

Contents
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
Ethics.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780198244394.pdf
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/88028719-d.html