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What can philosophy contribute to ethics? [electronic resource] / James Griffin.

Griffin, James, 1933- author.
2015
BJ37 .G75 2015eb
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Title
What can philosophy contribute to ethics? [electronic resource] / James Griffin.
Author
Griffin, James, 1933- author.
ISBN
9780191813481 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748090
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (157 pages)
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748090 doi
Call Number
BJ37 .G75 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
170
Summary
James Griffin explores the question what philosophers can reasonably expect to contribute to normative ethics or to the ethics of a culture. He argues that philosophers must be wary of systematic moral theory, and tailor their work instead to ordinary humans' motivational capabilities; and he offers a new account of moral deliberation.
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James Griffin explores the question what philosophers can reasonably expect to contribute to normative ethics or to the ethics of a culture. He argues that philosophers must be wary of systematic moral theory, and tailor their work instead to ordinary humans' motivational capabilities; and he offers a new account of moral deliberation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2015).
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Introduction
The idea of ethics
"Ought" implies "can:" motivation
"Ought" implies "can:" knowledge
Naturalizing ethics: the Newtonizers
Naturalizing ethics: the Darwinizers
Systematizing ethics
Rejecting "morality"
Equalizing what?
What can philosophy contribute to ethics?
Appendix: the influence of Newton: further examples
Endnotes
Index.

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