Essays in Ethical Theory (Clarendon Paperbacks) [Paperback]

R. M. Hare (Author)

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Publication Date: April 8, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0198240716 | ISBN-13: 978-0198240716

R.M. Hare is one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers. In this volume he has collected a number of essays, including one which is previously unpublished, which fill in the theoretical background of his thought. Each essay is self-contained, but together they give a connected picture of his views on such questions as the objectivity and rationality of moral thinking, the issue between the ethical realists and their opponents, the place in our moral thought of appeals to common convictions, and how to tell whether a feature of a situation is morally relevant.

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R. M. Hare is at University of Florida, Gainesville.

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• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 8, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198240716
• ISBN-13: 978-0198240716
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars good book waiting for a revival!, August 25, 2010

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if you believe in the possibility of a revival this is a really good complementary book to the three classics (language of morals, reason and freedom and moral thinking) that Hare wrote. Particularly I prefer the treatment achieved in this collection than the one, although easiest, presented in sorting out of ethics. There are some really good articles and the defense of a conception of ethics enriched with a metaethical investigation sounds at the end as the motto of the book. A exception in quality is the chapter about Rawls. It is really inferior than the rest of the book and seems to me, most of the time, mainly a personal biased critic than a good reading of Rawls. His editorial ideas about theory of justice is a fun moment at the end of the chapter.