Morality, authority, and law [electronic resource] : essays in second-personal ethics I / Stephen Darwall.

Author/Creator:

Darwall, Stephen L., 1946-

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Series:

Essays in second-personal ethics ; I.
Essays in second-personal ethics Morality, authority, and law

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (228 p.)

Subjects:

Ethics.
Interpersonal relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Liability (Law)

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Morality""; ""1. Morality�s Distinctiveness""; ""2. Bipolar Obligation""; ""3. Moral Obligation: Form and Substance""; ""4. “But It Would Be Wrong�""; ""5. Morality and Principle""; ""II. Autonomy""; ""6. “Because I Want It�""; ""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""
""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-966259-2
1-299-46404-1
0-19-163958-3

OCLC:

922971750

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