Principled ethics generalism as a regulative ideal

Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. The assumption that this is the best approach has been attacked by particularists. The authors meet the particularist challenge head on and defend 'generalism as a regulative id...

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Main Author: McKeever, Sean D.
Other Authors: Ridge, Michael R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2006, 2006
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. The assumption that this is the best approach has been attacked by particularists. The authors meet the particularist challenge head on and defend 'generalism as a regulative ideal'
Physical Description:viii, 242 p.
ISBN:9780191603617
0191603619