The Perfectionist Turn: From Metanorms to Metaethics

Douglas Den Uyl

Contemporary political philosophy – e.g. Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls and Amartya Sen – tries to separate itself from other philosophical positions and frameworks. Now, Den Uyl and Rasmussen challenge this trend by moving away from liberalism to what they call 'individualistic perfectionism', creating a powerful new way to think about ethics.

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From Metanorms to Metaethics

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Preface
pp vi-viii

Introduction: What Is Ethics?
pp 1-30

Part I - Making the Turn
pp 31-32

1 - An Overview of Individualistic Perfectionism
pp 33-64

2 - The Search for Universal Principles in Ethics and Politics
pp 65-95

3 - Tethering I
pp 96-136

4 - Tethering II
pp 137-168

Part II - Facing a New Direction
pp 169-170

5 - The Perfectionist Turn
pp 171-200

6 - Because
pp 201-245

7 - Toward the Primacy of Responsibility
pp 246-283

8 - The Entrepreneur as Moral Hero
pp 284-319

Afterword: Big Morality
pp 320-332

Index
pp 333-346

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