Philosophical Ethics: An Historical And Contemporary Introduction (Dimensions of Philosophy Series)

269 Pages·1998·3.1 MB·English

by  Stephen Darwall

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Philosophical Ethicsintroduces students to ethics from a distinctively philosophical Philosophical
perspective, one that weaves together central ethical questions such as “What has
value?” and “What are our moral obligations?” with fundamental philosophical
issues such as “What is value?” and “What can a moral obligation consist in?”
Throughout, the reader is invited to do—rather than just read about—philosophi- Ethics
cal ethics and, in doing so, to think through questions that face all thoughtful
human beings. Themes include the nature of value and moral obligation, free-
dom and choice, human flourishing, excellence and merit, radical critiques of
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morality, and the importance of relationships for human life.
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The traditional problems of philosophy take on new meaning and different
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color in the light of each generation’s unique character. It is not only the history
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Dimensions of Philosophyis dedicated to the next generation of philosophers
and their students. It will present some of our most distinguished philosophers
interpreting the traditional issues of philosophy for the 1990s.
STEPHEN DARWALL is professor of philosophyat the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor and is the author of Impartial Reason and The British Moralists
and the Internal “Ought:” 1640‒1740.
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