Value, Welfare, and Morality

Frey, R. G. (Editor)/ Morris, Christopher W. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0521039592 / ISBN 13: 9780521039598

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, 2007

About this Item

1st edition. 336 pages. 8.90x6.00x0.90 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Seller Inventory # __0521039592

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Value, Welfare, and Morality
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521039592
• ISBN 13: 9780521039598
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory. Every such theory must contain not only a theory of motivation but also a theory of value, and the link that is often forged between what is valuable and what would be right is human welfare or well-being. This topic is a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, not least because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism. Indeed, there is as much disagreement about the nature of value and its relationship to welfare and morality, as there is about the substantive content of normative ethical theories. The essays in this collection, all new and written by a distinguished team of moral philosophers, provide an overview, analysis, and an attempted resolution of those controversies. They constitute the most rigorous available account of the relationship among value, welfare, and morality.

Book Description

Addressing critical issues in normative ethical theory, a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, these original essays provide an overview, analysis, and attempted resolution of the controversies which have arisen in part because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism.