Sorting Out Ethics

by R. M. Hare

Overview

"...the book is extremely effective: written with customary clarity and vigour, and succinctly summarizing and cross-referencing the argument of the earlier works, it should replace them on reading lists as a student's first exposure to Hare's views."--Times Literary Supplement

Sorting Out Ethics is a characteristically lucid and lively survey of rival ethical theories by one of the most influential moral philosophers of the century. It also constitutes a definitive summary of Hare's own fundamental ethical position.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198250326
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1230L (what's this?)

About the Author

R. M. Hare is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford, and Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, Gainesville

Table of Contents

PART I. THE ENTERPRISE OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY1. Philosophy of Language in Ethics [previously published]2. Defence of the EnterprisePART II: A TAXONOMY OF ETHICAL THEORIES (The Axel Hägerström Lectures)3. Taxonomy4. Naturalism5. Intuitionism6. Emotivism7. RationalismPART III. KANT8. Could Kant Have Been a Utilitarian? [previously published]Complete Bibliography of the Writings of R. M. HareBibliography of Other Writings. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book is warmly to be recommended. Students, especially, will appreciate its central section, in which developments in moral philosophy during the present century are traced with exceptional clarity."—International Philosophical Quarterly

"...the book is extremely effective: written with customary clarity and vigour, and succinctly summarizing and cross-referencing the argument of the earlier works, it should replace them on reading lists as a student's first exposure to Hare's views."—Times Literary Supplement

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