Principled Ethics: Generalism as a Regulative Ideal

by SeanMcKeever (Author), Michael Ridge (Author)

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  2006

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  Moral philosophy has been dominated by the aim of understanding morality and the virtues in terms of principles. The underlying assumption that this is the best approach has received no defence, and has been attacked by particularists, who argue that the traditional link between morality and principles is little more than an unwarranted prejudice.