New Directions in Ethics: Naturalisms, Reasons and Virtue

This paper discusses three topics in contemporary British ethical philosophy: naturalisms, moral reasons, and virtue. Most contemporary philosophers agree that 'ethics is natural' - in Section 1 I examine the different senses that can be given to this idea, from reductive naturalism to sup...

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Main Author: Reader, Soran (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2000
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2000, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 341-364
Further subjects:B second nature
B Ethics
B principlism
B Particularism
B Naturalism
B Virtue Ethics
B Practical Reason
B first nature
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