Description: Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics by David Phillips Author David Phillips has produced a clear, concise guide to Henry Sidgwicks masterpiece of classical utilitarian thought, The Methods of Ethics, setting it in its intellectual and cultural context while drawing out its main insights into a variety of fields. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Henry Sidgwicks The Methods of Ethics has been a central part of the utilitarian canon since its publication in 1874. This book, part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series, is a concise companion to Sidgwicks masterpiece, written primarily to aid advanced undergraduate students and interested general readers in navigating and interpreting the original text. Author David Phillips connects Sidgwicks work to work in contemporary moral philosophy and in the history of moral philosophy, paying particular attention to his relationships with key predecessors, including Kant and Mill, and with Moore and Ross, his most influential successors in the British intuitionist tradition.The books first eight chapters end with brief suggestions for further reading. At the end of the final three chapters there are more substantial overviews of the secondary literature on the aspects of Sidgwicks work that have generated the most interest among his commentators: metaethics and moral epistemology; consequentialism versus deontology; and egoism and the dualism of practical reason. The result is an Oxford Guide that will be a helpful resource for both students and scholars. Author Biography David Phillips is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. His research interests are in ethics and the history of ethics with a particular focus on British moral philosophers. He is the author of Sidgwickian Ethics (OUP, 2011) and of Rossian Ethics: W.D. Ross and Contemporary Moral Theory (OUP, 2019). Table of Contents Chapter One: Introduction (Methods Prefaces) Chapter Two: Sidgwicks Project and the Three Methods (Methods I.I and I.VI) Chapter Three: Meaning, Motivation, and Free Will (Methods I.III, I.IV, and I.V) Chapter Four: Intuitionism and Goodness (Methods I.VIII and I.IX) Chapter Five: The Method of Egoism (Methods I.VII and Book II) Chapter Six: The Critique of Common-Sense Morality (Methods III.I-III.XI) Chapter Seven: Philosophical Intuitionism (Methods III.XIII) Chapter Eight: Hedonism (Methods III.XIV) Chapter Nine: Utilitarianism: Meaning and Proof (Methods IV.I and IV.II) Chapter Ten: Utilitarianism and Common-Sense Morality (Methods IV.III, IV.IV, and IV.V) Chapter Eleven: The Dualism of Practical Reason (Methods Concluding Chapter) Review A beautifully written and expertly curated aid to studying Henry Sidgwicks The Methods of Ethics...Phillips covers Sidgwicks non-naturalist meta-ethics, his intuitionist epistemology, his argument for utilitarianism and for hedonism, his dismissal of common-sense morality, and his dualism of practical reason...In every case, Phillipss discussions are excellent. * Anthony Skelton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *David Phillipss guide is not just the latest, it is one of the best. * Choice * Long Description Henry Sidgwicks The Methods of Ethics has been a central part of the utilitarian canon since its publication in 1874. This book, part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series, is a concise companion to Sidgwicks masterpiece, written primarily to aid advanced undergraduate students and interested general readers in navigating and interpreting the original text. Author David Phillips connects Sidgwicks work to work in contemporary moral philosophy and inthe history of moral philosophy, paying particular attention to his relationships with key predecessors, including Kant and Mill, and with Moore and Ross, his most influential successors in the British intuitionist tradition. The books first eight chapters end with brief suggestions for further reading. At the end of the final three chapters there are more substantial overviews of the secondary literature on the aspects of Sidgwicks work that have generated the most interest among his commentators: metaethics and moral epistemology; consequentialism versus deontology; and egoism and the dualism of practical reason. The result is an Oxford Guide that will be a helpful resource for both students andscholars. Review Quote "A beautifully written and expertly curated aid to studying Henry Sidgwicks The Methods of Ethics...Phillips covers Sidgwicks non-naturalist meta-ethics, his intuitionist epistemology, his argument for utilitarianism and for hedonism, his dismissal of common-sense morality, and his dualism of practical reason...In every case, Phillipss discussions are excellent." -- Anthony Skelton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Details ISBN0197539629 Author David Phillips Short Title Sidgwicks the Methods of Ethics Series Oxford Guides to Philosophy Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0197539629 ISBN-13 9780197539620 Format Paperback Subtitle A Guide Pages 272 Country of Publication United States Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Illustrations - Publication Date 2022-10-14 AU Release Date 2022-10-14 NZ Release Date 2022-10-14 US Release Date 2022-10-14 UK Release Date 2022-10-14 Alternative 9780197539613 DEWEY 170.92 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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