This book represents the most comprehensive account to date of an
important but widely contested approach to ethics--intuitionism, the
view that there is a plurality of moral principles, each of which we
can know directly. Robert Audi casts intuitionism in a form that
provides a major alternative to the more familiar ethical perspectives
(utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelian). He introduces intuitionism
in its historical context and clarifies--and improves and defends--W.
D. Ross's influential formulation. Bringing Ross out from under the
shadow of G. E. Moore, he puts a reconstructed version of Rossian
intuitionism on the map as a full-scale, plausible contemporary
theory. A major contribution of the book is its integration of Rossian
intuitionism with Kantian ethics; this yields a view with advantages
over other intuitionist theories (including Ross's) and over Kantian
ethics taken alone. Audi proceeds to anchor Kantian intuitionism in a
pluralistic theory of value, leading to an account of the perennially
debated relation between the right and the good. Finally, he sets out
the standards of conduct the theory affirms and shows how the theory
can help guide concrete moral judgment. The Good in the Right is a
self-contained original contribution, but readers interested in ethics
or its history will find numerous connections with classical and
contemporary literature. Written with clarity and concreteness, and
with examples for every major point, it provides an ethical theory
that is both intellectually cogent and plausible in application to
moral problems.
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A Theory of Intuition and Intrinsic Value
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781400826070
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
256
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