Ethics

Ethical Questions Are Often Associated With Practical Dilemmas: Questions In Morality In Other Words. This Volume By Contrast Asks Questions About Morality: What It Is And To What It Owes Its Precarious Authority Over Us. The Focus On Metaethics Is Sustained Throughout Via A Wide Range Of Philosophical Perspectives. Distinguished Luminaries Who Include R. M. Hare And Bernard Williams Address Keenly Debated Issues Such As What Constitutes Morality In Politics; The Relationship Between Education And Ethical Standards; And Whether Or Not Morality Can Indeed Be Defined At All. As Nikhil Krishnan Writes In His Elegant Foreword ''The Plain-Speaking Essayistic Grace Of These Essays Speaks Nevertheless Of The Possibility Of Moral Philosophy Written With An Eye To A Listener Very Possibly Not A Professional Philosopher Who Has The Right To Say ''''This Is All Very Well Your Neat Little Theory But It Doesn''T Ring True. Things Are More Complicated Than That.''''''