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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2018
      September 2018
      ISBN:
      9781316286708
      9781107113756
      9781107534353
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286708
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 234 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 234 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ethics, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy
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    Knowledge aims to fit the world, and action to change it. In this collection of essays, Onora O'Neill explores the relationship between these concepts and shows that principles are not enough for ethical thought or action: we also need to understand how practical judgement identifies ways of enacting them and of changing the way things are. Both ethical and technical judgement are supported, she contends, by bringing to bear multiple considerations, ranging from ethical principles to real-world constraints, and while we will never find practical algorithms - let alone ethical algorithms - that resolve moral and political issues, good practical judgement can bring abstract principles to bear in situations that call for action. Her essays thus challenge claims that all inquiry must use either the empirical methods of scientific inquiry or the interpretive methods of the humanities. They will appeal to a range of readers in moral and political philosophy.

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    ‘Onora O'Neill has done seminal work on the interpretation of Kant's moral theory and the development of a modern Kantian ethic over the last several decades. This volume collects several recent essays that take up the role of principles in moral reasoning, the relation between principles and judgement, and related issues. Professor O'Neill's views and insights about these questions are invaluable. This volume will be of interest to anyone working in moral or political philosophy.'

    Andrews Reath - University of California

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