
Ethics, Evil, and Fiction.
Title:
Ethics, Evil, and Fiction.
Author:
McGinn, Colin.
ISBN:
9780191519185
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (197 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: The Scope of Moral Philosophy -- 2 Goodness -- 1. Moral Psychologism -- 2. The Naturalistic Fallacy? -- 3. Relativism -- 4. Logical Priority and the Biconditionals -- 5. A Tempting Error -- 6. Moral Intentionality -- 7. Psychologism and Moral Enquiry -- 8. The Essence of Goodness -- 9. 'Good' and 'Ought' -- 3 Knowledge of Goodness -- 1. Ethical Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge -- 2. The Explanation of Belief -- 3. Science and Induction -- 4. Ethics and Mathematics -- 5. The Nature of Ethical Knowledge -- 6. Truth and Coercion -- 7. Morality and Folk Psychology -- 8. Epistemological Queerness -- 4 The Evil Character -- 1. Two Types of Moral Psychology -- 2. Clarifying the Analysis -- 3. Some Applications -- 4. The Explanation of Evil -- 5. The Attraction of Pain -- 6. Primitive Evil -- 7. The Rationality of Evil -- 8. The Origins and Prevention of Evil -- 5 Beauty of Soul -- 1. Aesthetic Morality -- 2. Reid on the Aesthetics of the Soul -- 3. Articulating Inner Beauty -- 4. On Brief Encounter -- 5. Nabokov's Formula -- 6. Some Consequences of the Theory -- 7. Virtue and Art -- 6 The Picture: Dorian Gray -- 1. Art and Sin -- 2. Picture and Person -- 3. The Limits of Aestheticism -- 4. The Relevance of Dorian Gray -- 7 Who is Frankenstein's Monster? -- 1. The Meaning of Monstrosity -- 2. The Human Monster -- 3. Isolation: Family, Friends, and Others -- 4. Rage, Revenge, Envy -- 5. 'I Will Be With You On Your Wedding-Night' -- 6. Death -- 7. Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion: Stories and Morals -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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