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Morality and Moral Theory - A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation (Paperback)
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Morality and Moral Theory - A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation (Paperback)
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Contemporary philosophers have grown increasingly skeptical toward
both morality and moral theory. Some argue that moral theory is a
radically misguided enterprise that does not illuminate moral
practice, while others simply deny the value of morality in human
life. In this important new book, Louden responds to the arguments
of both "anti-morality" and "anti-theory" skeptics. In Part One, he
develops and defends an alternative conception of morality, which,
he argues, captures more of the central features of both
Aristotelian and Kantian ethics than do other contemporary models,
and enables the central importance of morality to be convincingly
reaffirmed. In Louden's model, morality is primarily a matter of
what one does to oneself, rather than what one does or does not do
to others. This model eliminates the gulf that many anti-morality
critics say exists between morality's demands and the personal
point of view. Louden further argues that morality's primary focus
should be on agents and their lives, rather than on right actions,
and that it is always better to be morally better--i.e. it is
impossible to be "too moral." Part Two presents Louden's
alternative conception of moral theory. Here again he draws on the
work of Aristotle and Kant, showing that their moral theories have
far more in common than is usually thought, and that those features
that they share can be the basis for a viable moral theory that is
immune to the standard anti-theory objections. Louden reaffirms the
necessity and importance of moral theory in human life, and shows
that moral theories fulfill a variety of genuine and indispensable
human needs.
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