The Ideal of a Rational Morality: Philosophical Compositions

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Clarendon Press, 2002 - 333 sidor
The Ideal of a Rational Morality collects the most important essays by the distinguished moral philosopher Marcus G. Singer. Its guiding theme is the concept of a morality based in reason, which is presupposed in ordinary moral contexts and provides an ideal for improving ordinary morality and correcting moral judgements. Singer makes compelling claims that certain fundamental presuppositions are inescapable in moral thought, that fundamental moral principles can be proved, and that the concepts of truth and 'common sense' are essential to ethics.
 

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On Truth in Ethics
34
Moral Theory and Justification
43
Reflections on Rawls
50
Ethics and Common Sense
84
Value Judgements and Normative Claims
123
Moral Worth and Fundamental Rights
152
On Race and Racism
159
Judicial Decisions and Judicial Opinions
190
Institutional Ethics
214
Moral Issues and Social Problems
239
The Golden Rule
264
Mills Stoic Conception of Happiness and Pragmatic Conception
293
Index
315
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