02727nam 2200541 a 450 991083093400332120230721013836.01-282-24271-797866138138311-118-03160-11-118-03059-1(CKB)2670000000077537(EBL)675149(OCoLC)710974982(SSID)ssj0000488276(PQKBManifestationID)11314830(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488276(PQKBWorkID)10450456(PQKB)10462924(MiAaPQ)EBC675149(EXLCZ)99267000000007753720070723d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWalls and vaults[electronic resource] a natural science of morals (virtue ethics according to David Hume) /Jordan Howard SobelHoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sonsc20091 online resource (430 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-12761-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.I. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Analysis and metaphysics--semantics, pragmatics, and logic -- II. Virtue and vice -- III. Moral judgments -- IV. Species bias -- Pt. 2. Normative theories -- V. Virtues agreeable and useful -- VI. Hume's theory of right and wrong actions -- Pt. 3. An everywhere relevant distinction -- VII. That species of utility that attends justice -- VIII. The logical possibility of justice utility -- IX. The real possibility of justice utility : how systems with it come to be and are maintained -- Pt. 4. And now at last the "first" question -- X. Our interested obligation to virtue : why be moral?.This unique book provides a modern discussion of David Hume's work in ethical theory and moral judgment Widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers in Western thinking, David Hume contributed significant works that profoundly influenced the study of ethics and morality. Now, in Walls and Vaults, internationally renowned author Jordan Howard Sobel blends Hume's moral theory with his own groundbreaking observations and employs mathematical thought to explore timeless questions about the grounds of morality, the organization of moral principles, and the rationale forVirtueEthicsVirtue.Ethics.170.92Sobel Jordan Howard252325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830934003321Walls and vaults3982521UNINA