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Commonality and Particularity in Ethics

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Part of the book series: Swansea Studies in Philosophy (SWSP)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Lilli Alanen, Sara Heinämaa, Thomas Wallgren
    Pages 1-14
  3. Doing Things With Others: The Mental Commons

    • Annette C. Baier
    Pages 15-44
  4. Why are Philosophers of Action so Anti-Social?

    • Frederick Stoutland
    Pages 45-74
  5. Voices of the Will

    • Lars Hertzberg
    Pages 75-94
  6. Response to Olli Lagerspetz

    • Annette C. Baier
    Pages 118-122
  7. Professor Anscombe’s Moral Philosophy

    • Peter Winch
    Pages 177-196
  8. The Moralization of Good and Evil

    • Raimond Gaita
    Pages 235-259
  9. Ethics, Philosophy and Language

    • Sören Stenlund
    Pages 260-305
  10. Moral Reasoning and Moral Practice

    • Morten Raffnsøe-Møller
    Pages 343-385
  11. Kant and the Language of Reason

    • Mario von der Ruhr
    Pages 386-400
  12. Remaking a Form of Life

    • Jakob Meløe
    Pages 438-474
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 475-493

About this book

Original essays by distinguished philosophers from different fields of philosophy are brought together in this book. Reflections on moral discourse and its contexts are provided and the authors discuss the nature and tasks of moral philosophy. The overall collection creates a dialogue between different philosophical views.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki and Åbo Academy, Finland

    Lilli Alanen

  • Academy of Finland, Finland

    Sara Heinämaa, Thomas Wallgren

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Thomas Wallgren

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Commonality and Particularity in Ethics

  • Editors: Lilli Alanen, Sara Heinämaa, Thomas Wallgren

  • Series Title: Swansea Studies in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25602-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-25604-4Published: 01 January 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25602-0Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 493

  • Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy

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