The methods of ethics

The paper begins with an account of the intellectual background to Henry Sidgwick's writing of his Methods of Ethics and an analysis of what Sidgwick meant by a 'method'. His broad distinction between three main ethical theories - egoism, consequentialism, and deontology - is elucidat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crisp, R
Format: Journal article
Published: Firenze University Press 2018