An Enquiry into Moral Notions

John Laird

Published by Columbia University Press 1936

An Enquiry into Moral Notions

John Laird

https://doi.org/10.7312/lair90300

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Compares and examines what John Laird termed the 'three most important notions in ethical science': the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	3
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I. Virtue or the Theory of Aretaics
I. General Considerations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
II. Classification of the Virtues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
III. The Springs of Virtue: And Their Expression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
IV. The Heart and the Head Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
V. The Heart and the Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
VI. Moral and Non-Moral Virtue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
VII. Our Knowledge of Virtue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Part II. Duty or the Theory of Deontology
VIII. Discussion of Conceptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
IX. Duty and the Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
X. Classification of Voluntary Obligations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
XI. Some Problems About Obligation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
XII. Duty and Benefit: A Restricted Discussion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
XIII. The Greatness and Conflict of Obligations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Part III. Benefit and Well-Being Which in the Form of Well-Doing May Be Called Agathopoeics
XIV. The Terms Employed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
XV. Classification of Goods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
XVI. The Comparison of Goods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
XVII. Duty and Benefit Again Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
XVIII. Further Discussion of Utilitarianism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
XIX. Of Agathopoeics in General Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1936
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 316

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231878050