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Kupperman looks at what enters into ethical judgement and choice. Interpretation of a case and of what the options are is always a factor, as is a sense of the possible values at stake. Intuitions also enter in but are unreliable. A moral judgement is putatively part of a moral order in a society th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kupperman, Joel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Life.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Life
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Existential choices and dislocations
  • Construals, valencing
  • The relevance of construal and valencing to good choice
  • The importance of character
  • Personal morality and its social implications
  • Steps to theory
  • The bases of ethical theory
  • The need for a moral order
  • The logic of consequentialism
  • Some difficulties of consequentialism
  • The evolution of ethical theories
  • A modulated case for the primacy of value.