Developing Deontology
Autor: | Brad Hooker |
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EAN: | 9781118321263 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 21.02.2012 |
Untertitel: | New Essays in Ethical Theory |
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Schlagworte: | David Owens Elizabeth Harman Michael Smith Peter Vallentyne Philip Stratton-Lake Philosophy Ralph Wedgewood deontology ethical theory ethics moral philosophers |
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- Essays are contributed by Michael Smith, Philip Stratton-Lake, Ralph Wedgewood, David Owens, Peter Vallentyne, and Elizabeth Harman - all leading contemporary moral philosophers
- Each essay offers an original and previously unpublished contribution to the subject
- A significant addition to the field for anyone with an interest in the development of deontology
- The collection is edited by a leading philosophical scholar
Brad Hooker is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK. He has been most closely associated with discussions of rule-consequentialism, although he has published papers on a wide variety of topics in ethical theory, including the idea that moral principles must be suitable for public acceptance. He is the author of Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality (2000) and the editor of Rationality, Rules, and Utility (1993), and Truth in Ethics (1997). Professor Hooker is an associate editor of Ratio and the editor-in-chief of Utilitas.