| Series |
The Hastings Center series in ethics
Hastings Center series in ethics. ^A12474
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| Contents |
Part I. The foundations of ethics -- A crisis in moral philosophy : why is the search for the foundations of ethics so frustrating? / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Commentary -- Ethics, foundations, and science : response to Alasdair MacIntyre / Gerald Dworkin ---- Moral autonomy / Gerald Dworkin -- The concept of responsibility : an inquiry into the foundations of an ethics for our age / Hans Jonas -- From system to story : an alternative pattern for rationality in ethics / David Burrell and Stanley Hauerwas -- Part II. Religion and the foundations of ethics -- Can medicine dispense with a theological perspective on human nature? / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Commentary -- Kant's moral theology or a religious ethics/ / Paul Ramsey -- Commentary -- A rejoinder to a rejoinder / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Theology and ethics : an interpretation of the agenda / James M. Gustafson -- Commentary -- Response to James M. Gustafson / Hans Jonas -- Commentary -- Rejoinder to Hans Jonas / James M. Gustafson -- Part III. Science, ethics, and values -- The moral psychology of science / Stephen Toulmin -- The poverty of scientism and the promise of structuralist ethics / Gunther S. Stent -- Natural selection and societal laws / Richard D. Alexander -- Evolution, social behavior, and ethics / Richard D. Alexander -- Attitudes toward eugenics in Germany and Soviet Russia in the 1920's : an examination of science and values / Loren R. Graham -- Part IV. Knowing and valuing -- Are science and ethics compatible? / John Ladd -- How can we reconnect the sciences with the foundations of ethics? / Stephen Toulmin -- Commentary -- The multiple connections between science and ethics : response to Stephen Toulmin / Loren R. Graham. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Original version | Originally published: 1st edition New York : Plenum Press, 1981. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Roots of ethics. New York : Plenum Press, ©1981 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Roots of ethics. New York : Plenum Press, ©1981 |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| ISBN | 1461333059 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781461333050 (paperback) |
