Three Methods of Ethics

Marcia W. Baron is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana. She is the author of Kantian Ethics Almost Without Apology (1995).Philip Pettit is Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University. He is the author of Republicanism (1996), The Common Mind (1993), and Not Just Deserts (1990), and is editor (with Robert E. Goodin) of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell Publishers, paperback edition 1996) and Contemporary Political Philosophy: an Anthology (Blackwell Publishers, paperback edition 1997).Michael Slote is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Goods and Virtues (1983), Common Sense Morality and Consequentialism (1985), Beyond Optimizing(1989), and From Morality to Virtue (1992).

"An unprecedented three-way conversation between forceful representatives of the three major traditions in ethical philosophy." Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan "An outstanding resource: a book which students beginning to think about normative ethical theory, and their teachers, simply must read." Michael Smith, Australian National University"This is a superb book by three moral philosophers who really know their stuff; lively, lucid and highly engaging." John Fischer, University of California, Riverside"This book, which brings together leading protagonists of the three approaches to ethics currently dominant, is definitely one of the best in ethics for 1997. It will provide any reader (whether student, teacher, or 'researcher') with not only an excellent 'big picture' of this important area of debate, but also much philosophical detail to chew over." Steven Tudor, University of Melbourne, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

• Introduction Part I: Kantian EthicsMarcia Baron1. Introduction2. Consequentalism versus Kantian Ethics3. Kantian Ethics and Virtue Ethics4. Further Objections to Kantian EthicsPart II: The Consequentialist PerspectivePhilip Pettit5. A Moral Psychology for Consequentialists and Non-consequentialists6. The Question of Rightness7. Different Answers to the Question of Rightness8. In Favour of the Consequentialist Answer to the Question of Rightness9. The Tenability of the Consequentialist AnswerPart III: Virtue EthicsMichael Slote10. What is Virtue Ethics?11. Theory versus Anti-theory12. Virtue Ethics versus Kantian and Common-sense Morality13. Common-sense Virtue Ethics versus Consequentialism14. Further Aspects of Common-sense virtual Ethics15. Making Sense of Agent-based Virtue Ethics16. Morality as Inner Strength17. Morality as Universal Benevolence18. Morality as Caring19. Agent-basing and Applied Ethics20. Conclusion: Comparisons within Virtue EthicsPart IV: Reply to Pettit and SloteMarcia Baron21. Reply to Pettit22. Reply to StotePart V: Reply to Baron and StotePhillip Pettit23. Rival Theories?24. Comment on Slote25. Comment on BaronPart VI: Reply to Baron and PettitMichael Slote26. Reply to Baron27. Reply to Pettit28. Virtue Politics