(P/B) VIRTUES AND VICES

Παρουσίαση

- Classic contributions to moral philosophy
- First Oxford edition of this important essay collection, with a brand-new Preface and Index
- Has been much in demand since going out of print ten years ago
- Complements Foot's later collection of essays, Moral Dilemmas, also published in 2002, and her acclaimed monograph Natural Goodness (2001)

'Foot stands out among contemporary ethical theorists because of her conviction that virtues and vices are more central ethical notions than rights, duties, justice, or consequences - the primary focus of most other contemporary theorists. This volume brings together a dozen essays published between 1957 and 1977, and includes two new ones as well. In the first, Foot argues explicitly for an ethic of virtue, and in the next five discusses abortion, euthanasia, free will/determination, and the ethics of Hume and Nietzsche. The final eight essays chart her growing disenchantment with emotivism and prescriptivism and their account of moral arguments. All the essays embody to some extent her commitment to an ethics of virtue.... Foot's style is straightforward and readable, her arguments subtle, ingenious, and some of them important.' -Choice

'All in all, this collection of essays provides much to whet the moral philosopher's appetite.' -International Philosophical Quarterly

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Περιεχόμενα

Preface to 2002 Edition
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1: Virtues and Vices
2: The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect
3: Euthanasia
4: Free Will as Involving Determinism
5: Hume on Moral Judgement
6: Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values
7: Moral Arguments
8: Moral Beliefs
9: Goodness and Choice
10: Reasons for Actions and Desires
11: Morality as a System for Hypothetical Imperatives
12: A Reply to Professor Frankena
13: Are Moral Considerations Overriding?
14: Approval and Disapproval
Index