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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790422903321

Titolo

Morality and justice : reading Boylan's A just society / / edited by John-Stewart Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-7391-2299-1

1-4616-3382-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

172/.2

Soggetti

Values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction John-Stewart Gordon and Tanja Kohnen; 2. Becoming Moral Agents: On the Personal Worldview Imperative Robert Paul Churchill; 3. A Feminist Personal Worldview Imperative Rosemarie Tong; 4. Justification in Ethics: Desiring to Be Good and Ethical Commendation Seumas Miller; 5. Justification in Ethics Dale Jacquette; 6. On the Possibility of a Hierarchy of Moral Goods Marcus Düwell; 7. Michael Boylan on Religion and Ethics: An Appreciative Theological Assessment James A. Donahue

8. Extinguishing Desire: Not a Simple Plan at All Wanda Teays9. Diversity and the Common Body of Knowledge Johann-Christian Põder; 10. On Justice John-Stewart Gordon; 11. Justice in A Just Society Edward H. Spence; 12. Public Policy: Moving Toward Moral Cosmopolitanism Gabriel Palmer-Fernández; 13. Justice and Global Health Christopher Lowry and U do Schüklenk; 14. Ethics, Metaethics, Political Theory, and Policy: A Reply to My Colleagues Michael Boylan; Definitions; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this book engage the original and controversial claims from Michael Boylan's A Just Society. Each essay discusses Boylan's claims from a particular chapter and offers a critical analysis of these claims. Boylan responds to the essays in his lengthy and philosophically



rich reply.