Why Be Moral? /
Why Be Moral? /
Beatrix Himmelmann, Robert Louden.
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015] ©2015
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Investigating the Question -- Why Be Moral - A Pseudo-Problem? -- Why Be Moral: A Meaningful Question? -- Part II: Exploring Viable Answers -- Why Be Moral? A New Answer to an Old Question -- Aristotle on Virtuous Questioning of Morality -- The Egoistic Answer -- Why Be Moral? An Argument from the Human Condition in Response to Hobbes and Nietzsche -- Morality, Self-Constitution, and the Limits of Integrity -- What is Kant's Precise Answer to the Question 'Why Be Moral'? -- The "Why Be Moral?" Question and the Meaning of Life -- Why Be Moral? A Kierkegaardian Approach -- Acknowledging the Moral Law -- "Why Be Moral?" Pragmatism's Attempt to Dismiss the Issue -- Is the Overridingness of Moral Reasons a Semantic Fact? -- Williams on Integrity, Ground Projects and Reasons to Be Moral -- Contributors -- Index
What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a focal point of debate. Why be Moral? is a collection of new essays on this fundamental philosophical problem, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783110366396
Philosophy (General).
Morality.
Reason.
Skepticism.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Morality. reason. skepticism.
BJ
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Investigating the Question -- Why Be Moral - A Pseudo-Problem? -- Why Be Moral: A Meaningful Question? -- Part II: Exploring Viable Answers -- Why Be Moral? A New Answer to an Old Question -- Aristotle on Virtuous Questioning of Morality -- The Egoistic Answer -- Why Be Moral? An Argument from the Human Condition in Response to Hobbes and Nietzsche -- Morality, Self-Constitution, and the Limits of Integrity -- What is Kant's Precise Answer to the Question 'Why Be Moral'? -- The "Why Be Moral?" Question and the Meaning of Life -- Why Be Moral? A Kierkegaardian Approach -- Acknowledging the Moral Law -- "Why Be Moral?" Pragmatism's Attempt to Dismiss the Issue -- Is the Overridingness of Moral Reasons a Semantic Fact? -- Williams on Integrity, Ground Projects and Reasons to Be Moral -- Contributors -- Index
What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a focal point of debate. Why be Moral? is a collection of new essays on this fundamental philosophical problem, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783110366396
Philosophy (General).
Morality.
Reason.
Skepticism.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Morality. reason. skepticism.
BJ