Knowing What To Do

Sophie Grace Chappell is the author of numerous books and articles on ethics, ancient philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. He has taught at universities including the University of Oxford, the University of British Columbia, the University of East Anglia, and the University of Manchester. Since 2006 he has been Professor of Philosophy at The Open University.

• Introduction ; 1. What makes a good decision? ; 2. Three kinds of moral imagination ; 3. Intuition, system, and the 'paradox' of deontology ; 4. Impartial benevolence and partial love ; 5. Internal reasons and the heart's desire ; 6. On the very idea of criteria for personhood ; 7. Glory as an ethical idea ; 8. Nobility and beauty in ethics ; 9. Moral certainties ; 10. Why ethics is hard ; 11. The varieties of knowledge in Plato and Aristotle ; 12. Platonistic virtue ethics ; Bibliography

The book must be praised as an inspiring expression of an ethical vision with deep historical roots and urgent contemporary relevance ... Sophie Grace Chappell's book is itself an ethical exemplar, a study in the contemplation of value, a testament to ordinary goodness. Event hose who disagree must contemplate his arguments; since "if we can't see individual specific things, we can't see anything at all"