Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence - Couverture souple

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Railton, Peter

 
9780521426930: Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence
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ISBN 10 : 0521426936 ISBN 13 : 9780521426930
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through experience and life to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. Yet once we start delving deeper into the concepts that underwrite these domains of thought and actions, we face a philosophical disappointment. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, uncomfortably situated, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to the spheres of value and morality? In the essays included in this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might nonetheless incorporate objective values and moral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professionals and students working in philosophy and ethics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through experience and life to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. Yet once we start delving deeper into the concepts that underwrite these domains of thought and actions, we face a philosophical disappointment. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, uncomfortably situated, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to the spheres of value and morality? In the essays included in this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might nonetheless incorporate objective values and moral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professionals and students working in philosophy and ethics.

Revue de presse

'This is a book the serious ethicist should not be without, and I particularly recommend it for those interested in metaethics.' Milltown Studies

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521426936
ISBN 13 
9780521426930
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
410
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521416979: Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521416973 ISBN 13 :  9780521416979
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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