Dong, Hao 2024. Leibniz as a virtue ethicist. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 109, Issue. 2, p. 505. In this magisterial study, one of our leading moral philosophers refutes the charge ...

Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy is one of the most distinctive achievements of the European Enlightenment. At its heart lies what Kant called the 'strange thing': the free, rational, human will. This ...

On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society A. John Simmons This book completes A. John Simmons's exploration and development of Lockean moral and political philosophy, a project ...

After studying various moral theories, one is bound to be left wondering what to believe. In this selection from The Elements of Moral Philosophy, James Rachels sketches what he thinks would be a ...

Ethics are a system of moral principles and a branch of philosophy which defines what is good for individuals and society. At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles. They affect how ...

The course readings for this course come from many countries, they include novels, short stories, plays, and excerpts from classic works of moral philosophy. The readings also span many centuries, ...

But it may not matter in terms of pure moral philosophy, since there are cases when most people agree that even if the foetus is a person, abortion may be morally justified. And some philosophers ...

Daniel Jacobson works on a range of topics in ethics, moral psychology, aesthetics, and the moral and political philosophy of J. S. Mill. He has published extensively on issues concerning ...