Richard B. Brandt, Brandt Richard B.

Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The essays reprinted in this collection span a period of almost 30 years and include many classic pieces in metaethical and normative ethical theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 806g
• ISBN-13: 9780521415071
• ISBN-10: 0521415071
• Artikelnr.: 21502609

Inhaltsangabe

Sources
1. Introductory comments
Part I. Metaethical Preliminaries: 2. Moral philosophy and the analysis of language
3. Rational desires
4. The explanation of moral language
5. Morality and its critics
6. Rationality, egoism, and morrality
Part II. Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism: 7. Some merits of one form of rule - utilitarianism
8. Fairness to indirect optimific theories in ethics
9. Two concepts of utility
Part III. Utilitarianism and Rights: 10. The concepts of a moral right and its function
11. Utilitarianism and moral rights
Part IV. Determinism, Excuses, and Character: 12. A utilitarian theory of excuses
13. A motivational theory of excuses in the criminal law
14. Traits of character: a conceptual analysis
15. The structure of virtue
Part V. Implications of Utilitarian Theory: 16. The morality and rationality of suicide
17. Utilitarianism and the rules of war
18. Public policy and life and death decisions regarding defective newborns
19. Utilitarianism and welfare legislation
Index.