Objective Prescriptions

R. M. Hare

ISBN 10: 0198238533 / ISBN 13: 9780198238539

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 1999

About this Item

R. M. Hare has brought together in this volume the best of his uncollected essays in moral philosophy, several of them previously unpublished or revised for this collection. They span the whole range of his ethical interests, from the most abstract to the most down-to-earth. The reader will find here the bases of his ethical theory in Kantian prescriptivism, utilitarianism, and the logic of imperatives, and will see that theory applied to issues of bioethics, medical ethics, business ethics, loyalty and obedience, and racism. The essays display the author's characteristic clarity and vigour; some of them are polemical, targeting particular opponents and rival theories. The volume provides a compelling demonstration of Hare's commitment to bringing together the theoretical and the practical in ethics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Objective Prescriptions
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198238533
• ISBN 13: 9780198238539
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 388 grams

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Synopsis

R. M. Hare has brought together in this volume the best of his uncollected essays in moral philosophy, several of them previously unpublished or revised for this collection. They span the whole range of his ethical interests, from the most abstract to the most down-to-earth. The volume provides a compelling demonstration of Hare's commitment to bringing together the theoretical and the practical in ethics.

About the Author

R. M. Hare, FBA, was White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1966 to 1983, and Graduate Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida, Gainesville, thereafter.