TY  - BOOK
AU  - Otteson,James R.
TI  - Actual Ethics [ electronic resource ]
SN  - 9780511607042 ( e-book )
U1  - 171.2 21
PY  - 2009///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - Actual Ethics offers a moral defense of the 'classical liberal' political tradition and applies it to several of today's vexing moral and political issues. James Otteson argues that a Kantian conception of personhood and an Aristotelian conception of judgment are compatible and even complementary. He shows why they are morally attractive, and perhaps most controversially, when combined, they imply a limited, classical liberal political state. Otteson then addresses several contemporary problems - wealth and poverty, public education, animal welfare, and affirmative action - and shows how each can be plausibly addressed within the Kantian, Aristotelian and classical liberal framework. Written in clear, engaging, and jargon-free prose, Actual Ethics will give students and general audiences an overview of a powerful and rich moral and political tradition that they might not otherwise consider
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511607042
ER  -