Morality, authority, and law
Subtitle: essays in second-personal ethics I
By: Stephen Darwall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780191639586; 9781299464049; 9780199662586
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Social; Ethics; PHILOSOPHY; Interpersonal relations; Liability (Law); Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Description: Stephen Darwall presents a series of essays that explore the view that morality is second-personal, entailing mutual accountability and the authority to address demands. He illustrates the power of the second-personal framework to illuminate a wide variety of issues in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Morality""; ""1. Moralityâ€?s Distinctiveness""; ""2. Bipolar Obligation""; ""3. Moral Obligation: Form and Substance""; ""4. â€œBut It Would Be Wrongâ€?""; ""5. Morality and Principle""; ""II. Autonomy""; ""6. â€œBecause I Want Itâ€?""; ""7. The Value of Autonomy and Autonomy of the Will""; ""III. Authority and Law""; ""8. Authority and Second-Personal Reasons for Acting""; ""9. Authority and Reasons: Exclusionary and Second Personal""; ""10. Law and the Second-Person Standpoint""; title: ""11. Civil Recourse as Mutual Accountability (co-authored with Julian Darwall)""""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Z""