Broschiertes Buch

Developing Deontology

New Essays in Ethical Theory

Herausgegeben von Hooker, Brad

Beschreibung

Developing Deontology consists of six new essays in ethicaltheory by leading contemporary moral philosophers. Each essayconsiders concepts prominent in the development of deontologicalapproaches to ethics, and these essays offer an invaluablecontribution to that development.

Essays are contributed by Michael Smith, Philip Stratton-Lake,Ralph Wedgewood, David Owens, Peter Vallentyne, and ElizabethHarman - all leading contemporary moral philosophers
Each essay offers an original and previously unpublishedcontribution to the subject
A significant addition to the field for anyone with an interestin the development of deontology
The collection is edited by a leading philosophicalscholar

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Ratio Special Issues .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 141mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781444361940
• ISBN-10: 1444361945
• Artikelnr.: 35046770