Ethical Explorations

In these essays, John Skorupski develops a distinctive and systematic moral philosophy. He examines the central ethical concepts of reasons , the good , and morality , and applies the results to issues of culture and politics. Ethical Explorations firmly connects liberal politics to its ethical ideal, and links that ideal to modern morality and modern ideas of the good. Pt. I. Reasons -- I. Objectivity And Convergence -- Appendix. Metaphysical Realism -- Ii. Reasons And Reason -- Iii. Neutral Versus Relative: Philosophical Utilitarianism And Practical Reason -- Iv. Value-pluralism -- Pt. Ii. The Good -- V. Value And Distribution -- Appendix. The Allais 'paradox' -- Vi. Quality Of Well-being: Quality Of Being -- Appendix. Is My Good What I Have Reason To Desire? -- Pt. Iii. Morality -- Vii. The Definition Of Morality -- Viii. Freedom, Morality, And Recognition: Some Theses Of Kant And Hegal -- Pt. Iv. Politics And The Ideal -- Ix. Liberal Elitism -- X. The Ethical Content Of Liberal Law -- Xi. Liberty's Hollow Triumph -- Xii. The Postmodern Hume: Ernest Gellner's 'enlightenment Fundamentalism'. John Skorupski. Includes Bibliographical References.