Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law

by D. Oderberg (Editor), T. Chappell (Editor)

Overview

In recent decades, the revival of natural law theory in modern moral philosophy has been an exciting and important development. Human Values brings together an international group of moral philosophers who in various respects share the aims and ideals of natural law ethics. In their diverse ways, these authors make distinctive and original contributions to the continuing project of developing natural law ethics as a comprehensive treatment of modern ethical theory and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403918109
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/20/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

JOHN COTTINGHAM Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading, UK CHRISTOPHER TOLLEFSEN Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA CHRISTOPHER MARTIN Lecturer, University of St Thomas, Houston, USA HENRY S. RICHARDSON Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA SUZANNE UNIACKE Reader in Applied Ethics, University of Hull, UK JACQUELINE LAING Senior Lecturer in Law, London Metropolitan University, UK GERARD J. HUGHES Master of Campion Hall, University of Oxford, UK HELEN WATT Director of the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics, London, UK MARK C. MURPHY Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors     vi
Introduction     1
'Our Natural Guide...': Conscience, 'Nature', and Moral Experience   John Cottingham     11
Basic Goods, Practical Insight, and External Reasons   Christopher Tollefsen     32
The Fact/Value Distinction   Christopher Martin     52
Incommensurability and Basic Goods: A Tension in the New Natural Law Theory   Henry S. Richardson     70
The Polymorphy of Practical Reason   Timothy Chappell     102
The Structure and Content of the Good   David S. Oderberg     127
Harming and Wronging: The Importance of Normative Context   Suzanne Uniacke     166
Law, Liberalism, and the Common Good   Jacqueline A. Laing     184
'Double Effect' or Practical Wisdom?   Gerard J. Hughes     217
Beyond Double Effect: Side-Effects and Bodily Harm   Helen Watt     236
Intention, Foresight, and Success   Mark C. Murphy     252
Index     269