{"product_id":"the-blackwell-guide-to-ethical-theory-isbn-9781444330090","title":"The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new edition of this successful and highly regarded \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e, now reorganized and updated with the addition of significant new material\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 21 essays written by an international team of leading philosophers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensive, substantive essays develop the main arguments of all the leading viewpoints in ethical theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays new to this edition cover evolution and ethics, capability ethics, virtues and consequences, and the implausibility of virtue ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Notes on Editors and Contributors vii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh LaFollette and Ingmar Persson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Metaethics and Moral Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Moral Realism 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Relativism 43\u003cbr\u003eSimon Blackburn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Moral Agreement 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Parfit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Divine Command Theory 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip L. Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Moral Intuition 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff McMahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Factual Background of Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ethics and Evolution 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Psychological Egoism 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElliott Sober\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Science of Ethics 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Mallon and John M. Doris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Relevance of Responsibility to Morality 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngmar Persson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Normative Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Act-Utilitarianism 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.G. Frey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rule-Consequentialism 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Hooker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Nonconsequentialism 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF.M. Kamm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Intuitionism 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid McNaughton and Piers Rawling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Kantianism 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas E. Hill Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Contractarianism 332\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Sayre-McCord\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Rights 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL.W. Sumner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Libertarianism 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Narveson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Virtue Ethics 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Slote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Capability Ethics 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngrid Robeyns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Feminist Ethics 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlison M. Jaggar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Continental Ethics 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam R. Schroeder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh LaFollette\u003c\/b\u003e is Marie and Leslie E. Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is editor-in-chief of the nine volume \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Ethics \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Ethics \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 2007) and \u003ci\u003ePersonal Relationships: Love, Identity, and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1995). He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eBrute Science: The Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and editor of several other volumes, including \u003ci\u003eEthics in Practice: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (third edition, Blackwell, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngmar Persson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, and Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Retreat of Reason \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and, together with Julian Savulescu, \u003ci\u003eUnfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). He is now finishing \u003ci\u003eFrom Morality to the End of Reason: An Essay on Rights, Reasons and Responsibility.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuilding on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e has been thoroughly reorganized and revised, with the inclusion of an additional five new essays and major modification of nearly all of the remaining essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanging from moral realism to virtue ethics, this superb volume presents a complete state-of-the-art survey of ethical theory. Written by an international team of leading moral philosophers, each of the 21 papers develops the main tenets, arguments, themes, and problems of the main normative and meta-ethical philosophical outlooks. Essays new to this edition cover evolution and ethics, capability ethics, virtues and consequences, and challenges facing virtue ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is one of the most ambitious and authoritative surveys of ethical theory available today. It serves as a groundbreaking resource as well as a comprehensive guide for both students and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This outstanding collection contains really valuable entries by a great many leading lights in the field. An extremely useful resource for anyone wanting to acquaint themselves with the central issues in ethical theory today.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the First Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is, for its size, perhaps the best single-volume resource guide to contemporary ethical theory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Robert B. Louden\u003ci\u003e, APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e Spring 2001\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Written by distinguished philosophical experts, these pieces address a full range of issues in ethical and meta-ethical theory, as well as giving a considered voice to the various defenders of ethical anti-theory. As a whole they testify to and exemplify the current vibrancy and richness of work in ethical theory.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—David Archard, Queen’s University Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For students, this \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e provides helpful introductions to themes and topics which they are to study in more detail, and lucid surveys of other aspects of ethical theory. It will also be read with profit by academics unfamiliar with the field; some of the papers are not just guides, but original contributions, to the subject.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Antony Duff, University of Stirling and University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wide-ranging survey of the major topics in contemporary ethical theory and includes a good amount of new and important work. 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