On What We Owe to Each Other by Philip Stratton-Lake (English) Paperback Book

Description: On What We Owe to Each Other by Philip Stratton-Lake * An assessment of T.M. Scanlons seminal work What We Owe to Each Other. * Written by five leading moral philosophers. * Contributes to debates initiated by Scanlon on value theory, normative ethics, and metaethics. * Includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of T.M. Scanlons moral theory as laid out in his seminal work, What We Owe to Each Other. An assessment of T.M. Scanlons seminal work What We Owe to Each Other. Written by five leading moral philosophers. Contributes to debates initiated by Scanlon on value theory, normative ethics, and metaethics. Includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. Back Cover T.M. Scanlon’s What We Owe to Each Other is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy of recent years. It presents distinctive views on reasons, value, and well-being, and offers a contractualist account of moral wrongness and significance. It has initiated debates on the nature of value, the role of well-being, how numbers matter in deciding what we should do, and the role justifiability plays in our moral thinking. In On What We Owe to Each Other, five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of Scanlon’s moral theory as laid out in this seminal work. Topics discussed include Scanlon’s contractualism, his view on well-being, aggregation, the nature of moral properties, moral reasoning, and relativism. The book also includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. Flap T.M. Scanlons What We Owe to Each Other is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy of recent years. It presents distinctive views on reasons, value, and well-being, and offers a contractualist account of moral wrongness and significance. It has initiated debates on the nature of value, the role of well-being, how numbers matter in deciding what we should do, and the role justifiability plays in our moral thinking. In On What We Owe to Each Other , five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of Scanlons moral theory as laid out in this seminal work. Topics discussed include Scanlons contractualism, his view on well-being, aggregation, the nature of moral properties, moral reasoning, and relativism. The book also includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. Author Biography Philip Stratton-Lake is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has published widely on Kant, intuitionism and metaethics. He is the author of Kant, Duty and Moral Worth (2000) and editor of Ethical Intuitionism: Re-evaluations (2002). Table of Contents Introduction. 1. Constructivism vs. Contractualism. (Onora ONeill). 2. Scanlon on Well-Being. (Jonathan Wolff). 3. Numbers, With and Without Contractualism. (Joseph Raz). 4. Justifiability to Each Person. (Derek Parfit). 5. The Limits of Moral Constructivism. (Mark Timmons). 6. Replies. (T. M. Scanlon). Index. Long Description T.M. Scanlon s What We Owe to Each Other is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy of recent years. It presents distinctive views on reasons, value, and well-being, and offers a contractualist account of moral wrongness and significance. It has initiated debates on the nature of value, the role of well-being, how numbers matter in deciding what we should do, and the role justifiability plays in our moral thinking. In On What We Owe to Each Other , five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of Scanlon s moral theory as laid out in this seminal work. Topics discussed include Scanlon s contractualism, his view on well-being, aggregation, the nature of moral properties, moral reasoning, and relativism. The book also includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. Feature An assessment of T.M. Scanlon?s seminal work What We Owe to Each Other. Written by five leading moral philosophers. Contributes to debates initiated by Scanlon on value theory, normative ethics, and metaethics. Includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and develops his views. Details ISBN1405119217 Short Title ON WHAT WE OWE TO EACH OTHER Language English ISBN-10 1405119217 ISBN-13 9781405119214 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Series Ratio Special Issues Edited by Philip Stratton-Lake Pages 152 Illustrations black & white illustrations Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9781405119214 UK Release Date 2004-06-16 NZ Release Date 2004-06-16 US Release Date 2004-06-16 Author Philip Stratton-Lake Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publication Date 2004-06-16 Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Hoboken DEWEY 128 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2004-06-15 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:4280507;

Price: 39.14 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2024-11-03T02:14:12.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.79 AUD