Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics: A Defense
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Skelton, Anthony |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics offers a novel approach to practical moral issues. In this article, I defend Sidgwick's approach against recent objections advanced by Sissela Bok, Karen Hanson, Michael S. Pritchard, and Michael Davis. In the first section, I provide some context within which to situate Sidgwick's view. In the second, I outline the main features of Sidgwick's methodology and the powerful rationale that lies behind it. I emphasize elements of the view that help to defend it, noting some affinities it has with those of the later Rawls. In the third section, I indicate how it promises to help alleviate some difficulties facing modern practical ethics. In the fourth, I respond to Bok's objections. I argue that her own work on practical ethics has some similarities to Sidgwick's which should make them friends, not enemies. In the fifth section, I respond to Hanson, Pritchard and Davis. |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A114C385D788EF076EEA90ACD5BF5C54/S0953820806001993a.pdf/div-class-title-henry-sidgwick-s-practical-ethics-a-defense-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 217 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 199 |
| ISSN | 09538208 |
| e-ISSN | 17416183 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0953820806001993 |
| Journal | Utilitas |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2006-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Utilitas |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science Philosophy |
