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Author:   Matjaž Potrc (University of Llubljana, Slovenia) ,  Vojko Strahovnik ,  Mark Lance (Georgetown University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780415963770

ISBN 10:   041596377
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   18 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION: Vojko Strahovnik: Challenging Moral Particularism 2. Brad Hooker: Moral Particularism and the Real World 3. Robert Audi: Ethical Generality and Moral Judgment 4. Mark Lance and Margaret Little: From Particularism to Defeasibility in Ethics 5. Pekka Väyrynen: Usable Moral Principles 6. Sean McKeever and Michael Ridge: Particularism and the Contingent A Priori 7. Jonathan Dancy: Are Basic Moral Facts both Contingent and A Priori? 8. Terry Horgan and Matjaž Potrc: Contextual Semantics and Particularist Normativity 9. Nenad Mišcevic: When the Plot Thickens: Dancy on Thick Concepts 10. David McNaughton and Piers Rawling: Holism about Value 11. Anthony W. Price: Particularism and Pleasure 12. David Bakhurst: Laughter and Moral Ambiguity: Particularist Reflections on the Ethical Dimensions of Humour REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Overall, Challenging Moral Particularism is an excellent collection of essays on a complex and important topic in moral theory. The essays are informative, engaging, interesting, and topical. They present us with first-rate philosophy on a topic of wide ranging significance. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Matjaž Potrc is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Vojko Strahovnik is an Assistant Philosophy Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana. Mark Lance is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, USA.

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