Ethics without Principles
Dancy, Jonathan
ISBN 10: 0199270023 ISBN 13: 9780199270026
Published by Clarendon Press, 2004
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2004 1st edition 1st printing with full number line. Ex-library (from the Press' own library) with usual marks and no dj. With two reviews laid in, one from Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews and the other I can't identify. Small stain on cover, bottom back corner bumped, no additional marks, binding tight . Seller Inventory # ABE-1720215843041
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Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not in any way depend on an adequate supply of principles. Dancy grounds this claim on a form of reasons-holism, holding that what is a reason in one case need not be any reason in another, and maintaining that moral reasons are no different in this respect from others. He puts forward a distinctive form of value-holism to go with the holism of reasons, and he gives a detailed discussion, much needed, of the currently popular topic of 'contributory' reasons. Opposing positions of all sorts are summarized and criticized.
Ethics Without Principles is the definitive statement of particularist ethical theory, and will be required reading for all those working on moral philosophy and ethical theory.
Review:
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. (TLS)
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Title: Ethics without Principles
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 2004
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