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Author:   Matjaž Potrc (University of Llubljana, Slovenia) ,  Vojko Strahovnik ,  Mark Lance (Georgetown University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415887878

ISBN 10:   0415887879
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   16 May 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
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

Author Information

Matjaz 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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