Book contents
- Moral Philosophy
- Talking Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Rationality and Goodness
- Acting well
- Apprehending Human Form
- Does Modern Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?
- Absolutes and Particulars
- On the So-called Logic of Practical Inference
- Absolute Prohibitions without Divine Promises
- Moral Obligation
- The Lesser Evil
- The Ethics of Co-operation in Wrongdoing
- Authority
- The Force of Numbers
- Reason, Intention, and Choice
- Modern Moral Philosophy and the Problem of Relevant Descriptions
- Index
The Force of Numbers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
Book contents
- Moral Philosophy
- Talking Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Rationality and Goodness
- Acting well
- Apprehending Human Form
- Does Modern Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?
- Absolutes and Particulars
- On the So-called Logic of Practical Inference
- Absolute Prohibitions without Divine Promises
- Moral Obligation
- The Lesser Evil
- The Ethics of Co-operation in Wrongdoing
- Authority
- The Force of Numbers
- Reason, Intention, and Choice
- Modern Moral Philosophy and the Problem of Relevant Descriptions
- Index
Summary
A view as widely endorsed as it is disputed says, formulating it in my own words: The only thing we have reason to do is promote value.2 This I will call The promotion of value thesis (or principle).
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- Moral Philosophy , pp. 378 - 409Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022