Principled Ethics: Generalism as a Regulative Ideal

by Sean McKeever and Michael Ridge

Book Overview

Moral philosophy has long been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. However, the underlying assumption that this is the best approach has received almost no defence, and has been attacked by particularists, who argue that the traditional link between morality and principles is little more than an unwarranted prejudice. In Principled Ethics, Michael Ridge and Sean McKeever meet the particularist challenge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199290660
• ISBN13: 9780199290666
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"