{"product_id":"moral-theory-isbn-9780631219033","title":"Moral Theory","description":"\u003ci\u003eMoral Theory\u003c\/i\u003e sets out the basic system used to solve moral problems, the system that consequentialists deride as 'traditional morality'. The central concepts, principles and distinctions of traditional morality are explained and defended: rights; justice; the good; virtue; the intention\/foresight distinction; the acts\/omissions distinction; and, centrally, the fundamental value of human life.  Preface and Acknowledgements. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Ethics, Knowledge and Action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Ethics and Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fact-Value Distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrescriptivism and Expressivism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Ethics and Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Basic Concepts in Moral Theory I.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Rights and Duties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Rights and Contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Rights and Consequentialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Collision of Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Basic Concepts in Moral Theory II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Intention and Foresight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood, Evil and the Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Principle of Double Effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCriticisms of PDE and Replies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Acts and Omissions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother Derided Distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInitial Clarifications of AOD.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Derided Distinction Defended.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Close-Up on the Good of Life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Life as a Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Right to Life and the Sanctity of Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Sanctity of Life and its Critics:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnocence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Life Not Worth Living?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Persons and Human Beings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes and Further Reading.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Oderberg's discussion of [the] issues is rich and thought provoking. [The] work is, even for non-believers, an important and engaging statement of non-consequentialist moral theory\" \u003ci\u003eKaspar Lippert-Rasmussen, The Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, vol. 51, no. 204, July 2001.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Oderberg writes clearly and with precision in a way that is neither patronising, popularist, or difficult.... His is a serious look at what's gone wrong in recent moral philosophy and at how we ought to recast our theories. As such it offers no feel good John Lennon 'Imagine' type view of the changed world. What it does instead is to remind us of a strangely misplaced aim to morality, that of living the good life, of simply being or trying to be a good and whole person....This is a book that throws a new light in a new direction on an old subject and as such should be widely read by both those in the business of philosophy and, perhaps equally importantly, by those outside the academic circles.\" \u003ci\u003eReviewed by Ashley Harrold, bookseller at Blackwell's Bookshop, King's Road Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMoral Theory\u003c\/i\u003e ... provides a welcome alternative to current debates dominated by the consequentialist approach\" \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Oderberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. A graduate of the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford, he is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysics of Identity over Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); co-editor, with Jacqueline A. Laing, of \u003ci\u003eHuman Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and editor of \u003ci\u003eForm and Matter: Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999).  The last thirty years have seen the burgeoning of applied ethics, in which moral philosophy is applied to concrete ethical problems. While this is a welcome development, it is also true that the discipline has been dominated by one particular ethical theory, namely consequentialism. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Theory,\u003c\/i\u003e and its companion volume \u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics,\u003c\/i\u003e provide a much-needed alternative to consequentialist orthodoxy. \u003ci\u003eMoral Theory\u003c\/i\u003e sets out the basic system used to solve moral problems, the system that consequentialists deride as 'traditional morality' and which they believe is 'dead'. The central concepts, principles and distinctions of traditional morality are explained and defended: rights; justice; the good; virtue; the intention\/foresight distinction; the acts\/omissions distinction; and, centrally, the fundamental value of human life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy challenging contemporary thinking, \u003ci\u003eMoral Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e make a distinctive and provocative contribution to current debate, which will be useful both to undergraduates and professional philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989654388965,"sku":"NP9780631219033","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631219033.jpg?v=1761784974","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/moral-theory-isbn-9780631219033","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}