{"product_id":"the-blackwell-guide-to-ethical-theory-paperback-softback-9781444330090","title":"The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444330090","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This outstanding collection contains really valuable entries by a great many leading lights in the field. An extremely useful resource for anyone wanting to acquaint themselves with the central issues in ethical theory today.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the First Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is, for its size, perhaps the best single-volume resource guide to contemporary ethical theory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Robert B. Louden\u003ci\u003e, APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e Spring 2001\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Written by distinguished philosophical experts, these pieces address a full range of issues in ethical and meta-ethical theory, as well as giving a considered voice to the various defenders of ethical anti-theory. As a whole they testify to and exemplify the current vibrancy and richness of work in ethical theory.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—David Archard, Queen’s University Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For students, this \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e provides helpful introductions to themes and topics which they are to study in more detail, and lucid surveys of other aspects of ethical theory. It will also be read with profit by academics unfamiliar with the field; some of the papers are not just guides, but original contributions, to the subject.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Antony Duff, University of Stirling and University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wide-ranging survey of the major topics in contemporary ethical theory and includes a good amount of new and important work. It should be of use to anyone wanting acquaintance with the subject in its current state.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Barbara Herman, University of California at Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHugh LaFollette (Edited by), Ingmar Persson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444330090, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.771 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new edition of this successful and highly regarded \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e, now reorganized and updated with the addition of significant new material\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 21 essays written by an international team of leading philosophers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensive, substantive essays develop the main arguments of all the leading viewpoints in ethical theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays new to this edition cover evolution and ethics, capability ethics, virtues and consequences, and the implausibility of virtue ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Editors and Contributors vii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh LaFollette and Ingmar Persson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Metaethics and Moral Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Moral Realism 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Relativism 43\u003cbr\u003eSimon Blackburn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Moral Agreement 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Parfit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Divine Command Theory 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip L. Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Moral Intuition 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff McMahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Factual Background of Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ethics and Evolution 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Psychological Egoism 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElliott Sober\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Science of Ethics 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Mallon and John M. Doris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Relevance of Responsibility to Morality 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngmar Persson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Normative Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Act-Utilitarianism 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.G. Frey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rule-Consequentialism 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Hooker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Nonconsequentialism 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF.M. Kamm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Intuitionism 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid McNaughton and Piers Rawling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Kantianism 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas E. Hill Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Contractarianism 332\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Sayre-McCord\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Rights 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL.W. 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