ETHICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES PAPER - Softcover

DANCY, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199297681 ISBN 13: 9780199297689

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

"It is a hugely rewarding and interesting read, at the cutting edge of contemporary debate in the area: truly a book that cannot be ignored."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Product Description

Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defense of particularism in ethics, a theory which he, perhaps more than anyone else, has developed and championed in recent years. Dancy's controversial claim, powerfully argued, is that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. Ethics without Principles is the definitive presentation of particularist ethical theory, and will be required reading for all moral philosophers.

Review

Review from previous edition How shall we fix the content of particularism? If anyone has earned the right to fix it it must be Jonathan Dancy . . . who has certainly, by his writings in the area over more than twenty years, given the term common currency in ethics. His rich and subtle new book . . . is a hugely rewarding and interesting read, at the cutting edge of contemporary debate in the area: truly a book that cannot be ignored. For my own part, I look forward to continuing to enjoy and be instructed by Ethics without Principles for years to come. (Timothy Chappell, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

The book is high-octane philosophy. The structure is clear, the writing elegant, the argument peppered with outlooks into other areas of philosophy. A formidable experience. (Christopher Fehige, Times Literary Supplement)

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199297681
• ISBN 13: 9780199297689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229