David Copp

The Handbook is a comprehensive reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned articles by leading scholars. The first part treats meta-ethics and the second part normative ethical theory. As with all the Oxford Handbooks, the collection is designed to achieve three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and defenses of distinct points of view.

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.

Susan Wendell

Pornography and Censorship

Paul has always attracted controversy. Born a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, son of a Pharisee, he attended the Pharisee School of Gamaliel in Jerusalem and became chief persecutor of the new Nazarene sect – until his vision on the Damascus Road. Thereafter he proclaimed Jesus Christ as the son of God and the Messiah promised in Jewish scripture. Considered a heretic by orthodox Jews committed to Mosaic Law, he was accused of treachery to his race and religion and vilified by those who disagreed with him. He has since been called a masochist and a misogynist, with some critics claiming that he actually distorted the teachings of Jesus Christ. Beaten, stoned, shipwrecked, and imprisoned, Paul suffered many hardships to proclaim the simple truth that God made us to be charitable to each other. His letters reveal that he was not perfect. He lost patience, got angry, made errors in judgment, and was critical of co-workers. But his strength was derived from his belief in God and the teaching of his Son, Jesus, which, thanks to his fellow apostle Peter, he heard word for word and spread as widely as possible. In so doing, he walked some ten thousand miles, tirelessly teaching, preaching, organising new churches and maintaining contact with them. It is a story of courage and conviction, which led to Christianity becoming a world wide religion.

A Novel About the Great Apostle

Paul

The central philosophical challenge of metaethics is to account for the normativity of moral judgment without abandoning or seriously compromising moral realism. In Morality in a Natural World, David Copp defends a version of naturalistic moral realism that can accommodate the normativity of morality. Moral naturalism is often thought to face special metaphysical, epistemological, and semantic problems as well as the difficulty in accounting for normativity. In the ten essays included in this volume, Copp defends solutions to these problems. Three of the essays are new, while seven have previously been published. All of them are concerned with the viability of naturalistic and realistic accounts of the nature of morality, or, more generally, with the viability of naturalistic accounts of reasons.

Selected Essays in Metaethics

Morality in a Natural World

David Zimmerman

Professor of Philosophy David Copp

The thirteen papers...address various dimensions of the complex relationship between morality and rationality. Most of the papers are new and they are generally at the cutting edge of current research. The collection is a substantial and important contribution to metaethics.

New Essays on the Foundations of Ethics

Morality, Reason, and Truth

Offering new perspectives on reason and rational choice, Copp's approach to morality and normativity raises a number of important issues in moral theory, as well as in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

Morality, Normativity, and Society

Jean Hampton

John E. Roemer

In the wake of the creation of new democratic regimes around the world, political theorists have begun to rethink the nature and justification of this form of government. This collection of essays addresses a variety of fundamental questions about democracy.

The Idea of Democracy

HUNGARY: ITS FINE WINES AND WINEMAKERS was shortlisted for the Louis Rodererer International Wine Book of the Year. For centuries Tokaj was the most sought after of the great wines of the world. Credited with aphrodisiacal and life--saving qualities it was the ultimate gift from monarch to monarch. David Copp tells the story of the phenomenal recovery of Tokaj and all Hungary's great vineyards after 1989. The author book briefly recounts the historical background for those less familiar with Hungarian history but focuses his attention on the group of outstanding winemakers who set about restoring Hungary's reputation for fine wines with the help of French, Spanish, German, British and American investment. This book is a classic of its kind and will be of particular interest to those of Hungarian origin and wine enthusiasts everywhere. Apart from Tokaj the author deals with the great red wine regions of Eger, Villany and Szekszard and the white wines of Lake Balaton and the North West. But the real heroes are the men and women who brought the great Hungarian wines back to life again, and who continue to develop them often with the assistance of their own sons and daughters.

David Copp

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