Ethics Done Right: Practical Reasoning as a Foundation for Moral Theory - Hardcover

Millgram, Elijah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521839432 ISBN 13: 9780521839433

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Ethics Done Right examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory. Elijah Millgram shows that the key to thinking about ethics is to understand generally how to make decisions. The papers in this volume support a methodological approach and trace the connections between two kinds of theory in utilitarianism, in Kantian ethics, in virtue ethics, in Hume's moral philosophy, and in moral particularism. Unlike other studies of ethics, Ethics Done Right does not advocate a particular moral theory. Rather, it offers a tool that enables one to decide for oneself.

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Review

'There is much to admire about Millgram's book. It is entertainingly written, has an unusual take on familiar issues and is always insightful and interesting. Anyone interested in ethics or practical reason will find it very rewarding.' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Book Description

Examining how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory, the papers in this volume support a methodological approach and trace the connections between two kinds of theory in utilitarianism, in Kantian ethics, in virtue ethics, in Hume's moral philosophy, and in moral particularism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521839432
• ISBN 13: 9780521839433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356