Bernard Gert

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Bernard Gert (born October 16, 1934 in Cincinnati , † December 24, 2011 ) was an American moral philosopher.

Gert studied philosophy and did his doctorate on the moral and political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes . Gert has taught philosophy at Dartmouth College since 1959 and has been an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the medical school since 1976 . In 1970 the first version of his moral theory appeared with the title The Moral Rules . He published revised versions of his theory in 1988 as Morality. A New Justification of the Moral Rules and 1998 and 2005 as Morality. Its Nature and Justification .

ethics

Bernard Gert starts from a moral system known as common morality, which people often unconsciously apply when they make moral decisions or make judgments that affect morality. He sees no compelling reason to replace this moral system with a better one. According to Bernhard Gert, the core of morality is composed of ten moral rules:

  1. You should not kill
  2. You shouldn't cause pain
  3. You shouldn't incapacitate
  4. You shouldn't deprive yourself of freedom or opportunity
  5. You shouldn't withdraw pleasure
  6. You shouldn't deceive
  7. You should keep your promises
  8. You shouldn't cheat
  9. Obey the law
  10. You should do your duty

Works

  • The moral rules . Frankfurt am Main. Suhrkamp 1983 ( The Moral Rules: A New Rational Foundation for Morality . New York 1966)
  • Morality: A New Justification of the Moral Rules , Oxford University Press, 1988.
  • Morality: Its Nature and Justification , Oxford University Press, 1998. Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Common Morality: Deciding What to Do , Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Bioethics: A Systematic Approach , 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Hobbes: Prince of Peace , Polity Press, 2010.

literature

  • Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Robert Audi (Eds.): Rationality, Rules, and Ideals: Critial Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory , Rowman & Littlefield, 2002

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Bernard Gert: The moral rules. A new rational justification of morality , Frankfurt a. M. 1983, p. 176
personal data
SURNAME Gert, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2011