Dimensions of Moral Agency

Dimensions of Moral Agency addresses and exemplifies the multi-dimensionality of modern moral philosophy. The book is a collection of papers originally presented at the Northwest Philosophy Conference in October 2013. The papers encompass a wide variety of topics within moral philosophy, including m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boersema, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents; introduction; part one; chaos and constraints; themyth of the mental (illness); the role of lovein descartes'meditations; emotions, ethics, and equality; epictetus' serenitymeditation; species egalitarianismand respect for nature; berkeley on human freedomandmoral responsibility; part two; aristotle, virtue, and the wrongkind of reason; the green problem; habermas and practical moraldiscourse; happiness as resistance; beyond the dilemma of desiresatisfactionism in well-being; the ethics of debt today; prostitution law and paternalism; contributors