Description
Robert Audi's magisterial The Good in the Right offers the most comprehensive and developed account of rational ethical intuitionism to date. -- Roger Crisp, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford This is an excellent book. Far reaching in import, it develops a convincing alliance between an intuitionist approach to moral epistemology and a Kantian treatment of moral theory. -- Hugh J. McCann, Texas A&M University Among Audi's many mighty achievements in this rewarding book, two are especially illuminating to me: his brilliant analysis of the separable elements of classical intuitionism and his formulation of a moderate vision of intuitionism, which neatly avoids the problems afflicting its distinguished forebears. -- Betsy Postow, University of Tennessee The Good in the Right will end up being thought of as one of the most important books in moral philosophy published in this decade. In my view, the fate of Kantian ethics hangs on the force of Audi's arguments. -- Brad Hooker, University of Reading, author of "Ideal Code, Real World" This is a remarkable book--remarkably ambitious, remarkably successful. It is a work of extraordinary scope and depth. Audi offers an attractive account of moral epistemology that provides him with the means to mine a variety of normative ethical theories, extract what is most promising in them, and combine these elements into a new theory that is both coherent and novel and is readily applicable to a host of problems in practical ethics. The upshot is a highly original and powerful theory of morality that is both theoretically and practically appealing. -- Michael J. Zimmerman, author of "The Nature of Intrinsic Value" and "The Concept of Moral Obligation"
About the Author
Robert Audi is Professor of Philosophy and David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books and articles in ethics, including "Practical Reasoning" and "Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character", and is Editor in Chief of "The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy".
Reviews
"This unique and fascinating endeavor is required reading for anyone interested in intuitionism, in moral epistemology, or, indeed, in ethical theory today."--Jessica Prata Miller, Philosophy in Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780691123882
Author Robert Audi
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 397g