The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory

The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory.
As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint.

1 - Moral Realism
2 - Theological Voluntarism
3 - Ethical Naturalism
4 - Non-Naturalism
5 - Anti-Realist Expressivism and Quasi-Realism
6 - Biology and Ethics
7 - Sensibility Theory and Projectivism
8 - Moral Sentimentalism and Moral Psychology
9 - Moral Relativism and Moral Nihilism
10 - Human Theory of Practical Rationality
11 - Morality and Practical Reason: A Kantian Approach
12 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
13 - Value Theory
14 - Some Forms and Limits of Consequentialism
15 - Deontology
16 - Moral Rights
17 - Kantian Normative Ethics
18 - Virtue Ethics
19 - The Ethics of Care
20 - Particularism and Anti-Theory
21 - Intuitions in Moral Inquiry
22 - Theory, Practice, and Moral Reasoning

David Copp is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida. He is the author of Morality, Normativity, and Society and of many articles in moral and political philosophy.