Anna L. Peterson

Works Righteousness

Material Practice in Ethical Theory

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Works Righteousness explores the ways that different ethical theories relate to what people actually do. Peterson argues that the most dominant philosophical and religious approaches have largely ignored practice, assuming that internal mental states are what matter for ethics and that ideas and practices are related in a simple, linear fashion. However, some alternative models, including pragmatism, Marxism, and religious pacifism, present a more complexview of the relations between values and practices. These traditions show how attention to practices opens up new ways of thinking about moral theory and concrete issues like hate speech, e… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-753223-2
EAN: 9780197532232
Produktnummer: 34587033
Verlag: Oxford Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm

Über den Autor

Anna L. Peterson is a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida. She received her AB from the University of California at Berkeley and her PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her research and teaching interests include social and environmental ethics, animal studies, and religion and social change.