Publisher: State University of New York Press
Mensch (philosophy, Saint Francis Xavier University) considers the possibility of a phenomenological ethics that assumes a critical distance but does not posit a position outside of humanity. Mensch's argument demands a reappraisal of the Self, and a reconception of selfhood requiring both embodiment and self-separation prompted by the encounter […]
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which considers whether the institutions of liberal democratic government make room - or should make room - for recognizing the worth of distinctive cultural traditions, remains the centerpiece of this discussion. It is now joined by Jurgen Habermas's extensive essay on the issues of […]
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
'Making Sense' examines the philosophical issues and disputes that lie behind the news headlines of the day. The book covers themes such as morality, the environment and religious faith through such news stories as the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the war against terrorism and the siege at Waco.
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
What is the basis of moral action? An altruism acquired by the application of rule and principle? Or, as Nel Noddings, the author of this text asserts, caring and the memory of being cared for? The text builds a philosophical argument for an ethics based on natural caring.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
In this text, Kant sets out to articulate and defend the Categorical Imperative - the fundamental principle that underlies human moral reasoning - and to lay out the foundation for a comprehensive account of justice and human virtues. Here, Kant explains his conception of a good will and the special value he […]
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Ethical intuitionism was the dominant moral theory in Britain for much of the 18th, 19th and the first third of the 20th century, before coming to be regarded as utterly untenable. Here, moral philosophers clarify and assess ethical intuitionism in the light of contemporary developments in theory.
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Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Nature and Mortality is a challenging look at some of the major public issues of our time through the eyes of one of our most influential and probing writers.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? Do legal systems claim citizens have such an obligation? This book challenges the currently popular view that law claims authority but does not have it by arguing that the popular view is wrong on both counts: Law has authority but does not claim […]
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Publisher: Verso Books
Examines the assumptions behind the ethical turn in political and academic agendas which serve to reinforce the ideology of the status quo. The author demonstrates how an ethics conceived in terms of negative human rights and tolerance of difference cannot underpin a coherent concept of evil.
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
The Possibility of Altruism
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