Particularism and the Space of Moral Reasons - by Benedict Smith Hardcover

About the Book

"By explicitly addressing moral knowledge from a particularists perspective, this book can engage with an established and vibrant area of moral philosophy whilst making a distinctive and productive contribution to a relatively neglected dimension of it"--

Book Synopsis

Particularism and the Space of Moral Reasons critically assesses the startling idea that our moral reasoning does not need to use moral principles. If we don't have principles, how do we work out what to do? This book examines 'moral particularism', a controversial idea at the forefront of contemporary moral theory.

About the Author

BENEDICT SMITH is Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Durham, UK. He is currently involved in an Anglo-German project, funded by the AHRC and DFG, entitled'Emotional Experience in Depression: A Philosophical Study'.