All in all, Hurkas book is enjoyable ... Historians of this period and anyone interested in Ethical Intuitionism will find this work to be highly valuable.

Grant Sterling, Eastern Illinois University, Mind Association

Worthy of honorable mention is Roger Crisps chapter on Sidgwicks Hedonism. It matches careful exegesis with an interesting analysis of the strengths (and weaknesses) of the hedonistic position ... All in all, Hurkas book is enjoyable, and all of the articles are valuable in some way (as might be expected from such a distinguished group of scholars). The chapters are well-edited, and the topic is both important and under-examined. Historians of this period and anyone interested in Ethical Intuitionism will find this work to be highly valuable.

Grant Stirling, Mind

...with the resurgence of non-naturalism in the recent work, inter alia , of Nagel, Parfit, and Scanlon, a careful and sympathetic reexamination of the earlier non-naturalist tradition is peculiarly timely. This collection makes a most valuable case for and contribution to that reexamination.

David Phillips, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

These ten new essays by leading contemporary philosophers constitute the first collective study of a group of British moral philosophers active between the 1870s and 1950s, including Henry Sidgwick, Hastings Rashdall, G.E. Moore, H.A. Prichard, W.D. Ross, and A.C. Ewing. The essays help recover the history of this neglected period: they treat it as a unity, draw out the connections between the thinkers, engage philosophically with their ideas, and in so doing show how much they can contribute to present-day philosophical debates
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A team of eminent contemporary philosophers present the first collective study of seminal British moral thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some, like Henry Sidgwick and G. E. Moore, are already recognized as leading philosophers of their day; others, like Hastings Rashdall and A.C. Ewing, are unjustly neglected.
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Introduction ; 1. Common Themes from Sidgwick to Ewing ; 2. Pleasure and Hedonism in Sidgwick ; 3. Ideal Utilitarianism: Rashdall and Moore ; 4. McTaggart on Love ; 5. Has Anyone Ever Been a Non-Intuitionist? ; 6. Mistakes about Good: Prichard, Carritt, and Aristotle ; 7. The Birth of Deontology ; 8. Eliminativism about Derivative Prima Facie Duties ; 9. Ross on Retributivism ; 10. A.C. Ewing's First and Second Thoughts about Metaethics ; Bibliography ; Index
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The first book on a key period in the history of moral philosophy All essays published here for the first time Features an excellent line-up of contributors
Thomas Hurka is Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto.
The first book on a key period in the history of moral philosophy All essays published here for the first time Features an excellent line-up of contributors

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ISBN
9780199577446
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
526 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
234

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Biographical note

Thomas Hurka is Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto.