"This essay is divided into five chapters. In the first the questions initially posed about our desires and how we should think about them are questions that plain non philosophical persons often find themselves asking. When however they carry their attempt to answer these quest…
A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self (CUP 1973), but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. …
A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self (CUP 1973), but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. …
Christine Korsgaard is identified with a small group of philosophers who are intent on producing a version of Kant's moral philosophy that is at once sensitive to its historical roots while revealing its particular relevance to contemporary problems. She rejects the traditional …
Christine Korsgaard is identified with a small group of philosophers who are intent on producing a version of Kant's moral philosophy that is at once sensitive to its historical roots while revealing its particular relevance to contemporary problems. She rejects the traditional …
This new collection of essays opens with a pivotal essay, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book concentrates on the consequences of two central aspects of well-being: …
"Was the bombing offensive [against civilians in Germany and Japan] a crime against humanity," writes A.C. Grayling, "or was it justified by the necessities of war? These questions mark one of the great remaining controversies of the Second World War." Their resolution, which Gr…
"Was the bombing offensive [against civilians in Germany and Japan] a crime against humanity," writes A.C. Grayling, "or was it justified by the necessities of war? These questions mark one of the great remaining controversies of the Second World War." Their resolution, which Gr…
While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, the authors of this study give such appeals distinct and defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth.
Morality and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives provides a compelling assessment of the powerful role moral systems play in addressing matters of health and disease. Encompassing a wide range of academic disciplines, the essays draw on the fields of psychology, medicine, his…
Denne boken er en historisk og systematisk innføring i etikk. Den er særlig skrevet med tanke på førstesemesterstudiet, men kan leses av alle som er interessert i en grundig oversikt over etisk tenkning. I historisk del fremstiller forfatterne den etiske og politiske idéhistorie…
Skikkelser i europeisk moralfilosofi fra antikken til våre dager. Overs.: Kåre Grøtting. Orig.tit.: A short history of ethics. ISBN 82-05-23844-8 Denne boken regnes allerede som en klassiker innenfor moderne moralfilosofi. Forfatteren trekker stadig linjer mellom filosofiens nok…
