Three Methods of Ethics A Debate

During the past decade ethical theory has been in a lively state of development, and three basic approaches to ethics - Kantian ethics, consequentialism, and virtue ethics - have assumed positions of particular prominence. Written in the form of a debate, this volume presents a clear survey and assessment of the main arguments, both for and against each of these three central approaches to ethics. In doing so, it represents the first volume to bring these forms of ethical theory into a critical relationship, engaging current philosophical debate on the one hand in terms clear enough for undergraduates on the other.It is an ideal basis for course use in ethics and moral philosophy.

Marcia W. Baron is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana. She is the author of Kantian Ethics Almost Without Apology (1995).

Philip Pettit is Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University. He is the author of Republicanism (1996), The Common Mind (1993), and Not Just Deserts (1990), and is editor (with Robert E. Goodin) of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell Publishers, paperback edition 1996) and Contemporary Political Philosophy: an Anthology (Blackwell Publishers, paperback edition 1997).

Michael Slote is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Goods and Virtues (1983), Common Sense Morality and Consequentialism (1985), Beyond Optimizing(1989), and From Morality to Virtue (1992).

Introduction

1

(2)

1 Kantian Ethics

3

(89)

Marcia Baron

1 Introduction

3

(2)

2 Consequentialism versus Kantian Ethics

5

(27)

3 Kantian Ethics and Virtue Ethics

32

(32)

4 Further Objections to Kantian Ethics

64

(28)

2 The Consequentialist Perspective

92

(83)

Philip Pettit

1 A Moral Psychology for Consequentialists and Non-consequentialists

93

(9)

2 The Question of Rightness

102

(13)

3 Different Answers to the Question of Rightness

115

(18)

4 In Favor of the Consequentialist Answer to the Question of Rightness

133

(17)

5 The Tenability of the Consequentialist Answer

150

(25)

3 Virtue Ethics

175

(64)

Michael Slote

1 What is Virtue Ethics?

176

(3)

2 Theory versus Anti-theory

179

(4)

3 Virtue Ethics versus Kantian and Common-sense Morality

183

(5)

4 Common-sense Virtue Ethics versus Consequentialism

188

(11)

5 Further Aspects of Common-sense Virtue Ethics

199

(7)

6 Making Sense of Agent-based Virtue Ethics

206

(10)

7 Morality as Inner Strength

216

(4)

8 Morality as Universal Benevolence

220

(5)

9 Morality as Caring

225

(4)

10 Agent-basing and Applied Ethics

229

(4)

11 Conclusion: Comparisons within Virtue Ethics

233

(6)

4 Reply to Pettit and Slote

239

(13)

Marcia Baron

1 Reply to Pettit

239

(5)

2 Reply to Slote

244

(8)

5 Reply to Baron and Slote

252

(14)

Philip Pettit

1 Rival Theories?

252

(4)

2 Comment on Slote

256

(4)

3 Comment on Baron

260

(6)

6 Reply to Baron and Pettit

266

(16)

Michael Slote

1 Reply to Baron

266

(5)

2 Reply to Pettit

271

(3)

3 Virtue Politics

274

(8)

Index

282

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