Can I read Morality and Moral Theory : A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation on EtoBox?

Morality and Moral Theory : A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation by Robert B. Louden is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Morality and Moral Theory : A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation about?

<p><p>contemporary Philosophers Have Grown Increasingly Skeptical Toward Both Morality And Moral Theory. Some Argue That Moral Theory Is A Radically Misguided Enterprise That Does Not Illuminate Moral Practice, While Others Simply Deny The Value Of Morality In Human Life. In This Important New Book, Louden Responds To The Arguments Of Both Anti-morality And Anti-theory Skeptics. In Part One, He Develops And Defends An Alternative Conception Of Morality, Which, He Argues, Captures More Of The Central Features Of Both Aristotelian And Kantian Ethics Than Do Other Contemporary Models, And Enables The Central Importance Of Morality To Be Convincingly Reaffirmed. In Louden's Model, Morality Is Primarily A Matter Of What One Does To Oneself, Rather Than What One Does Or Does Not Do To Others. This Model Eliminates The Gulf That Many Anti-morality Critics Say Exists Between Morality's Demands And The Personal Point Of View. Louden Further Argues That Morality's Primary Focus Should Be On Agents And Their Lives, Rather Than On Right Actions, And That It Is Always Better To Be Morally Better&#151;i.e. It Is Impossible To Be Too Moral. Part Two Presents Louden's Alternative Conception Of Mor

Author

Robert B. Louden

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195071450

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities