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Cover -- Moral Philosophy And Moral Life -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations Of Works By Wittgenstein -- Part I: Revising Moral Theories -- Chapter 1: The Question Of Moral Philosophy -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Clarifications -- 1.3 Overview -- Chapter 2: The Critique Of Moral Theories -- 2.1 In The Beginning: The Rise Of The Critique Of Moral Theories -- 2.2 A Motley Crew: Questioning Moral Theories -- 2.3 Nussbaum's Account Of Moral Theory -- 2.4 Missing The Point: Williams' Two Challenges To Moral Theory -- 2.5 The Authority Of Moral Theory? 2.6 Looking Forward -- Chapter 3: Descriptive Moral Theories -- 3.1 Possible Understandings Of Descriptive Moral Theory -- 3.2 Wittgenstein On Grammar: Two Possible Interpretations -- 3.3 Moral Theories As Descriptions Of 'the Grammar Of Our Language' -- 3.4 Moral Theories As Descriptions Of 'a Particular Way Of Seeing Things' -- 3.5 The Need For A 'perspicuous Overview' Of The Moral -- Part Ii: Particularities In Moral Life -- Chapter 4: Generality And Particularity In Moral Thought -- 4.1 The Practical Question Within An Aristotelian Framework 4.2 O'neill's Two Arguments For The Indispensability Of Principles In Moral Thought -- 4.3 The Importance Of Moral Development For Moral Reasoning -- 4.4 The Role Of Discernment-moral Reasoning Continued -- 4.5 Generality And Particularity In Moral Reflection -- 4.6 Particularity And Moral Objectivity -- 4.7 The Question Of Moral Universality -- 4.8 Moral Thought And Moral Philosophy -- Chapter 5: Particularities Of Moral Lives: Moral Positions -- 5.1 Particularities Of Moral Life-the Very Idea -- 5.2 Getting Started: Agent-relative Reasons And Strong Moral Self-definitions 5.3 'an Ethical Proposition Is A Personal Act' -- 5.4 Moral Position And Moral Thought -- 5.5 'carried By The Whole House' -- 5.6 Understanding Others And Understanding Ourselves -- 5.7 Moving On -- Chapter 6: Particularities Of Moral Contexts: The Embedded Moral Sel