Value, Welfare and Morality - Couverture souple

Frey, R. G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521039592 ISBN 13 : 9780521039598

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory. Every such theory must contain not only a theory of motivation but also a theory of value, and the link that is often forged between what is valuable and what would be right is human welfare or well-being. This topic is a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, not least because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism. Indeed, there is as much disagreement about the nature of value and its relationship to welfare and morality, as there is about the substantive content of normative ethical theories. The essays in this collection, all written by a distinguished team of moral philosophers, provide an overview, analysis and an attempted resolution of those controversies. They constitute a rigorous account of the relationships among value, welfare and morality.

Revue de presse

"...each essay provides a carefully argued point of view on an important issue....It should be of real interest to anyone working in the relevant areas of value theory." The Philosophical Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521039592
• ISBN 13: 9780521039598
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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