The quest for moral foundations :
Brown, Montague, 1952-
The quest for moral foundations : an introduction to ethics / Montague Brown. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1996. - 1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index.).
Anything goes : relativism -- Do what you feel : emotionism -- Me first : egoism and the social contract -- All's well that ends well : utilitarianism -- Duty calls : Kant's formalism. Determination or freedom. Practical reasm -- Do good and avoid evil : natural law. Freedom and natural law -- Retrospective and reevaluation. Utilitarian theory. Social contact theory. Egoism. Emotionism. Relativism. Natural law and pluralism. Historicism -- Ethics and religion revisited. Ethics derived from religion. Religion as an ethical obligation. Moral importance of religion. Epilogue: To care or not to care.
English.
0585178437 9780585178431
95042088
Ethics.
PHILOSOPHY--Social.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BJ1012 / .B737 1996eb
170
The quest for moral foundations : an introduction to ethics / Montague Brown. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1996. - 1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index.).
Anything goes : relativism -- Do what you feel : emotionism -- Me first : egoism and the social contract -- All's well that ends well : utilitarianism -- Duty calls : Kant's formalism. Determination or freedom. Practical reasm -- Do good and avoid evil : natural law. Freedom and natural law -- Retrospective and reevaluation. Utilitarian theory. Social contact theory. Egoism. Emotionism. Relativism. Natural law and pluralism. Historicism -- Ethics and religion revisited. Ethics derived from religion. Religion as an ethical obligation. Moral importance of religion. Epilogue: To care or not to care.
English.
0585178437 9780585178431
95042088
Ethics.
PHILOSOPHY--Social.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BJ1012 / .B737 1996eb
170