Dancy, Jonathan
Ethics Without Principles
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199297689
- author:
- Dancy, Jonathan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
- Genre:
- Ethics & moral philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles is little more than a mistake.
The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not depend on an adequate supply of principles, according to Dancy. Instead, he grounds his claim on a form of reasons-holism, which holds that what is a reason in one case need not be any reason in another.
Opposing positions are summarized and criticized, and Dancy gives a detailed discussion of the currently popular topic of 'contributory' reasons. This book will be required reading for all those working on moral philosophy and ethical theory.
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