Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Peter A. French

The original essays in this book address the influential writings of Peter A. French on the nature of responsibility ethics and moral practices. French's contributions to a wide spectrum of philosophical discussions have made him a dominant figure in the fields of normative ethics meta-ethics applied ethics as well as legal and political philosophy. Many of French's deepest insights come from identifying and exploring the scope and nature of moral responsibility and human agency as they appear in actual events real social and cultural practices as well as in literature and film. This im mediacy renders French's scholarship vital and accessible to a wide variety of audiences. The authors recognized for their own contributions to the understanding of the nature of morality and moral practices offer new and unique positions while exploring expanding and responding to those of French. The final chapter is written by French in which he provides both new philosophical insight as well as some reflection on his own work and its influence. This book will appeal to philosophers as well as advanced students and researchers in the humanities social sciences law and political science.