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Ethics without Principles
By Jonathan Dancy
239 pages
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Synopsis
Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not in any way depend on an adequate supply of principles. Dancy grounds this claim on a form of reasons-holism, holding that what is a reason in one case ...
Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not in any way depend on an adequate supply of principles. Dancy grounds this claim on a form of reasons-holism, holding that what is a reason in one case need not be any reason in another, and maintaining that moral reasons are no different inthis respect from others. He puts forward a distinctive form of value-holism to go with the holism of reasons, and he gives a detailed discussion, much needed, of the currently popular topic of 'contributory' reasons. Opposing positions of all sorts are summarized and criticized. Ethics Without Principles is the definitive statement of particularist ethical theory, and will be required reading for all those working on moral philosophy and ethical theory.
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Table of contents
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- Ethics Without Principles i
- Ethics Without Principles iii
- Preface vi
- Contents viii
- 1: What Are the Options? 1
- Part I Catching the Contributory 13
- 2: Contributory Reasons 15
- 3: Beyond Favouring 38
- 4: Dropping the Catch 53
- Part II from Holism to Particularism 71
- 5: Holism and Its Consequences 73
- 6: Can Holism Be True? 94
- 7: Competing Pictures 118
- 8: Knowing Reasons 140
- Part III Holism in the Theory of Value 163
- 9: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value 165
- Ethics Without Principles i
- Ethics Without Principles iii
- Preface vi
- Contents viii
- 1: What Are the Options? 1
- Part I Catching the Contributory 13
- 2: Contributory Reasons 15
- 3: Beyond Favouring 38
- 4: Dropping the Catch 53
- Part II from Holism to Particularism 71
- 5: Holism and Its Consequences 73
- 6: Can Holism Be True? 94
- 7: Competing Pictures 118
- 8: Knowing Reasons 140
- Part III Holism in the Theory of Value 163
- 9: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value 165
- 10: Are There Organic Unities? 176
- 11: Rationality, Value, and Meaning 190
- 12: Principles of Rational Valuing 199
- Bibliography 216
- Index 225