ISBN: 9780415958493

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL], This book develops a novel account of pattern-based reasons capable of unifying the traditionally opposed views of pragmatism and principled… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL], This book develops a novel account of pattern-based reasons capable of unifying the traditionally opposed views of pragmatism and principledness. This book is about fundamental questions in normative ethics. It begins with the idea that we often respond to ethical theories according to how principled or pragmatic they are. It clarifies this contrast and then uses it to shed light on old debates in ethics, such as debates about the rival merits of consequentialist and deontological views. Using the idea that principled views seem most appealing in dilemmas of acquiescence, it goes on to develop a novel theory of pattern-based reasons. These are reasons to play ones part in some larger pattern of action because of the goodness or rightness of that pattern. Existing accounts of pattern-based reasons usually assume that such reasons can exist only in cooperative contexts. This book rejects that assumption, and claims instead that we can have pattern-based reasons even when the other agents involved in the pattern are wholly unwilling to cooperate. The result is a pluralist teleological structure for ethics, with similarities to some forms of Rule Consequentialism. Woodard claims that this structure achieves an attractive balance between the two virtues of being pragmatic and being principled. Table of contents: One Pragmatism, Consequentialism, and Teleology Two Acquiescence and Necessity Three The Cooperative Conception Four The Bare Idea of Pattern-Based Reasons Five Rejecting the Willingness Requirement Six Recklessness and Futility Seven Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Index CXLVIII,12 p. - 8 b/w ill. Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot<

ISBN: 9780415958493

This book is about fundamental questions in normative ethics. It begins with the idea that we often respond to ethical theories according to how principled or pragmatic they are. It clari… More...

This book is about fundamental questions in normative ethics. It begins with the idea that we often respond to ethical theories according to how principled or pragmatic they are. It clarifies this contrast and then uses it to shed light on old debates in ethics, such as debates about the rival merits of consequentialist and deontological views. Using the idea that principled views seem most appealing in dilemmas of acquiescence, it goes on to develop a novel theory of pattern-based reasons. These are reasons to play one's part in some larger pattern of action because of the goodness or rightness of that pattern. Existing accounts of pattern-based reasons usually assume that such reasons can exist only in cooperative contexts. This book rejects that assumption, and claims instead that we can have pattern-based reasons even when the other agents involved in the pattern are wholly unwilling to cooperate. The result is a pluralist teleological structure for ethics, with similarities to some forms of Rule Consequentialism. Woodard claims that this structure achieves an attractive balance between the two virtues of being pragmatic and being principled. Philosophy Philosophy eBook, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9780415958493

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Contributes to existing literature on normative ethics with three discussions: the contrast between pragmatic and principled ethical views, discussio… More...

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Contributes to existing literature on normative ethics with three discussions: the contrast between pragmatic and principled ethical views, discussion of diverse literature, and the idea that pattern-based reasons can be used to understand the pro-pragmatic and the pro-principled intuitions., Ethics & Moral Philosophy<

ISBN: 9780415958493

Reasons, Patterns, And Cooperation Reasons-Patterns-And-Cooperation~~Christopher-Woodard Philosophy>Linguistics>Linguistics Hardcover, Taylor & Francis

2007, ISBN: 9780415958493

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Routledge]