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Motivation Ethics by Mathew Coakley (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101350004596
ISBN-139781350004597
eBay Product ID (ePID)224469260
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
Publication NameMotivation Ethics
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
SubjectSocial, Ethics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Political, Motivational & Inspirational
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Self-Help
AuthorMathew Coakley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2016-036520
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA passionate and engaging critique of consequentialism, offering a credible alternative. By putting motivations centre stage Coakley opens up exciting new avenues in moral and political philosophy., "A passionate and engaging critique of consequentialism, offering a credible alternative. By putting motivations centre stage Coakley opens up exciting new avenues in moral and political philosophy." --Kai Spiekermann, Associate Professor of Political Philosophy, Department of Government, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK "The scope and ambitions of this book are tremendous. It moves from foundational claims in normative ethics to a revisionist theory of political legitimacy, develops in the process a new approach for making interpersonal comparisons of welfare, and showcases a parsimonious ethical methodology anchored in the idea of non-arbitrariness. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, political theory, law, economics, political science and related fields." --Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, USA "This is a book of stunning breadth and ambition. It defends a novel moral theory that differs from existing ones in fundamental ways and proposes an original method for conducting ethical reasoning. Coakley also offers new perspectives on classical problems such as interpersonal comparisons of utility and political legitimacy. The book will appeal to all those interested in new ways of thinking whether in philosophy, political and legal theory or the social sciences more broadly." --Bernard Manin, Professor of Politics, New York University, USA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal171.5
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction and overview 1. Consequentialism and the Moral Agent Problem 2. Motivation Ethics 3. Deontology and the Moral Agent Problem 4. Moral Demandingness and Two Concepts of Evaluation 5. The Problem of Special Relationships 6. Global Duties and the State 7. Legitimacy and the Good 8. Interpersonal Comparisons of the Good 9. Conclusions Epilogue: On the scope of reason Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis is a book about a particular moral theory - motivation ethics - and why we should accept it. But it is also a book about moral theorizing, about how we might compare different structures of moral theory. In principle we might morally evaluate a range of objects: we might, for example, evaluate what people do - is some action right, wrong, permitted, forbidden, a duty or beyond what is required? Or we might evaluate agents: what is it to be morally heroic, or morally depraved, or highly moral? And, we could evaluate institutions: which ones are just, or morally better, or legitimate? Most theories focus on one (or two) of these and offer arguments against rivals. What this book does is to step back and ask a different question: of the theories that evaluate one object, are they compatible with an acceptable account of the evaluation of the other objects? So, for instance, if a moral theory tells us which actions are right and wrong, well can it then be compatible with a theory of what it is to be a morally good or bad or heroic or depraved agent (or deny the need for this)? It seems that this would be an easy task, but the book sets out how this is very difficult for some of our most prominent theories, why this is so, and why a theory based on motivations might be the right answer.
LC Classification NumberBJ1031.C63 2017
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