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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press (29 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199297681
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199297689
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
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Jonathan Dancy presents a long-awaited exposition and defence of particularism in ethics, a view with which he has been associated for twenty years. He argues that the traditional link between morality and principles, or between being moral and having principles, is little more than a mistake. The possibility of moral thought and judgement does not in any way depend on an adequate supply of principles. Dancy grounds this claim on a form of reasons-holism, holding that what is a reason in one case need not be any reason in another, and maintaining that moral reasons are no different in this respect from others. He puts forward a distinctive form of value-holism to go with the holism of reasons, and he gives a detailed discussion, much needed, of the currently popular topic of 'contributory' reasons. Opposing positions of all sorts are summarized and criticized. Ethics Without Principles is the definitive statement of particularist ethical theory, and will be required reading for all those working on moral philosophy and ethical theory.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Moral reasoning gets a shake up, 10 Aug 2008
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The fact that an act would cause pain normally counts against doing it. The fact that the act is brave normally counts in favour of doing it. Normally? Or always? Dancy's argument is that it is never always. 'Ethics Without Principles' argues that any and all of our reasons for actions can count for or against doing that action depending on the circumstances. In moral philosophy this position has come to be known as particularism and Dancy is the leading proponent of this idea. The opposing position is known as generalism, and practically every debate within moral philosophy up until now has taken place within its sphere. But particularism, though contentious, is no obscure leftfield tract. Dancy is rigorous in his argument, smatters the technical analysis with lively examples and is candid regarding areas that need development. This is thorough-bred philosophy which really shakes up our understanding of the nature of moral reasoning.
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