From principles to practice: normativity and judgement in ethics and politics
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Onora O'Neill Emerita
ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
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Why practical principles matter -- Modern moral philosophy and the problem of relevant descriptions -- Two cultures fifty years on -- Scientific inquiry and normative reasoning -- Abstract principles and practical judgement -- Abstraction, idealisation and ideology -- Normativity and practical judgement -- Instituting principles: between duty and action -- Experts, practitioners, and practical judgement -- Kant on indeterminacy, judgement, and interpretation -- Means, ends, and demands -- Reason and the resolution of disputes -- Consequences for non-consequentialists -- Demandingness and rules -- Applied ethics and practical judgement -- Applied ethics: naturalism, normativity, and public policy -- Practical principles and practical judgement in bioethics -- Enactable and enforceable: Kant's criteria for right and virtue