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Interventions in Ethics

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. D. Z. Phillips

    1. University College of Swansea, UK

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

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. On Morality’s Having a Point

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 1-13

  3. Moral Practices and Anscombe’s Grocer

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 14-17

  4. The Possibilities of Moral Advice

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    Pages 18-23

  5. Allegiance and Change in Morality: A Study in Contrasts

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 24-41

  6. After Virtue?

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    Pages 42-60

  7. The Presumption of Theory

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 61-85

  8. What Can We Expect From Ethics?

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    Pages 86-104

  9. Not in Front of the Children: Children and the Heterogeneity of Morals

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 105-109

  10. Does It Pay To Be Good?

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 110-124

  11. In Search of the Moral ‘Must’: Mrs Foot’s Fugitive Thought

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 125-146

  12. Do Moral Considerations Override Others?

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 147-157

  13. An Argument From Extreme Cases?

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    Pages 158-166

  14. Morality and Purpose

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    Pages 167-177

  15. How Lucky Can You Get?

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 178-202

  16. Some Limits to Moral Endeavour

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 203-220

  17. Self-Knowledge and Pessimism

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 221-228

  18. My Neighbour and My Neighbours

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    Pages 229-250

  19. Philosophy and the Heterogeneity of the Human

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    Pages 251-271

  20. Necessary Rewards, Necessary Punishments and Character

    • D. Z. Phillips
    Pages 272-281
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This collection of essays explores the area of ethics in relation to issues such as the nature of moral endeavour and the request for a justification of moral endeavour. Professor Phillips considers the work of Thomas Nagel and Peter Winch in this book.

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  • University College of Swansea, UK

    D. Z. Phillips

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