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title	:	The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Blackwell Philosophy Guides
author	:	LaFollette, Hugh
publisher	:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
isbn10 | asin	:	063120119X
print isbn13	:	9780631201199
ebook isbn13	:	9780631227700
language	:	English
subject	Ethics.
publication date	:	2000
lcc	:	BJ1012.B536 2000eb
ddc	:	170
subject	:	Ethics.

Page i The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory

Page ii Blackwell Philosophy Guides Series Editor: Steven M. Cahn, The City University of New York Written by an international assembly of distinguished philosophers, the Blackwell Philosophy Guides create a groundbreaking student resource a complete critical survey of the central themes and issues of philosophy today. Focusing and advancing key arguments throughout, each essay incorporates essential background material serving to clarify the history and logic of the relevant topic. Accordingly, these volumes will be a valuable resource for a broad range of students and readers, including professional philosophers. Already published The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology Edited by John Greco and Ernest Sosa The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Edited by Hugh LaFollette Forthcoming The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic Edited by Lewis Goble The Blackwell Guide to Modern Philosophy Edited by Steven Emmanuel

Page iii The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory Edited by Hugh LaFollette

Page iv Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2000 First published 2000 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Blackwell Publishers Inc. 350 Main Street Malden, Massachusetts 02148 USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 IJF UK All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Blackwell guide to ethical theory / edited by Hugh LaFollette. p. cm. (Blackwell philosophy guides) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-631-20118-1 (hb : alk. paper). ISBN 0-631-20119-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ethics. I. LaFollette, Hugh, 1948 . II. Series. BJ1012.B536 2000 170dc21 99-33934 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset in 10 on 13 pt Galliard by Ace Filmsetting Ltd, Frome, Somerset Printed in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Page v CONTENTS Contributors vii Introduction 1 Part I Meta-Ethics 13 The Status of Ethics 1 Moral Realism Michael Smith 15 2 Relativism Simon Blackburn 38 What Grounds Ethical Claims? 3 Divine Command Theory Philip L. Quinn 53 4 Naturalism James Rachels 74 5 Moral Intuition Jeff McMahan 92 Against Ethical Theory 6 The End of Ethics John D. Caputo 111 Psychology and Ethics 7 Psychological Egoism Elliott Sober 129 8 Moral Psychology Laurence Thomas 149 Part II Normative Ethics 163 Consequentialism 9 Act-Utilitarianism R. G. Frey 165 10 Rule-Consequentialism Brad Hooker 183

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