The Continuum Companion to Ethics

<em>The Continuum Companion to Ethics</em> offers the definitive guide to a key area of contemporary philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The <em>Companion</em> explores issues pertaining to moral methodology, moral realism, ethical expressivism, constructivism and the error theory, morality and practical reason, moral psychology, morality and religion, consequentialism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, moral particularism, experimental ethics, and biology, evolution, and ethics. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including important technical terms in ethics, a historical chronology, an extensive overview of contemporary meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, a detailed list of internet resources for research in ethics, and a thorough list of recommended works for further study, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in contemporary philosophical ethics. >

<em>The Continuum Companion to Ethics</em> offers the definitive guide to a key area of contemporary philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The <em>Companion</em> explores issues pertaining to moral methodology, moral realism, ethical expressivism, constructivism and the error theory, morality and practical reason, moral psychology, morality and religion, consequentialism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, moral particularism, experimental ethics, and biology, evolution, and ethics. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including important technical terms in ethics, a historical chronology, an extensive overview of contemporary meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, a detailed list of internet resources for research in ethics, and a thorough list of recommended works for further study, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in contemporary philosophical ethics. >

Notes on Contributors \ Preface: How to Use this Book, the Intended Audience, and Acknowledgments, Christian Miller \ Overview of Contemporary Meta-Ethics and Normative Ethical Theory, Christian Miller \ Chronology of Ethics, J. B. Schneewind \ Methodological Issues: Reflective Equilibrium, Michael DePaul \ Important Technical Terms in Ethics, Dan Boisvert, John Brunero, Sean McKeever, Eric Wiland \ Part I: Central Topics in Ethics \ 1. Moral Realism, Terence Cuneo\ 2. Ethical Expressivism, Matthew Chrisman \ 3. Constructivism and the Error Theory, Hallvard Lillehammer \ 4. Morality and Practical Reason, Joshua Gert \ 5. Moral Psychology, Alfred Mele \ 6. Morality and Religion, William Wainwright \ 7. Consequentialism, Douglas Portmore \ 8. Kantian Ethics, Kyla Ebels-Duggan \ 9. Virtue Ethics, Christine Swanton \ 10. Feminist Ethics, Anita Superson \ Part II: New Directions in Ethics \ 11. Moral Particularism, Pekka Väyrynen \ 12. Experimental Ethics, Thomas Nadelhoffer and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong \ 13. Biology, Evolution, and Ethics, William FitzPatrick \ Part III: Additional Resources \ Resources for the Fields of Metaethics and Normative Theory, Christian Miller \ Selected Works in Contemporary Meta-Ethics and Normative Theory, Christian Miller \ Index