Reason and Value - Themes From the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz

Zusatztext It is necessary reading for anyone with a serious interest in those areas. Klappentext Reason and Value collects fifteen brand-new papers by leading contemporary philosophers on themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz. The subtlety and power of Raz's reflections on ethical topics--including especially his explorations of the connections between practical reason and the theory of value--make his writings a fertile source for anyone working in this area. The volume honors Raz's accomplishments in the area of ethical theorizing, and will contribute to an enhanced appreciation of the significance of his work for the subject. Zusammenfassung Presents a collection of fifteen papers from leading contemporary philosophers on themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz. This volume aims both to honour Raz's accomplishments in the area of ethical theorizing, and to contribute to an enhanced appreciation of the significance of his work for the subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Michael E. Bratman: Shared Valuing and Frameworks for Practical Reasoning 2: John Broome: Reasons 3: Ruth Chang: Can Desires Provide Reasons for Action? 4: Jonathan Dancy: Enticing Reasons 5: Harry Frankfurt: Disengaging Reason 6: Ulrike Heuer: Raz on Values and Reasons 7: Philip Pettit and Michael Smith: The Truth in Deontology 8: Peter Railton: How to Engage Reason: The Problem of Regress 9: Donald H. Regan: Why am I my Brother's Keeper? 10: T. M. Scanlon: Reasons: A Puzzling Duality? 11: Samuel Scheffler: Projects, Relationships, and Reasons 12: Seana Valentine Shiffrin: Egalitarianism, Choice-Sensitivity, and Accomodation 13: Michael Stocker: Raz on the Intelligibility of Bad Acts 14: Michael Thompson: What is it to Wrong Someone? A Puzzle about Justice 15: R. Jay Wallace: The Rightness of Acts and the Goodness of Lives

Produktdetails

• Autoren: R. Jay (University of California Wallace, R. Jay Pettit Wallace, R.jay Pettit Wallace
• Mitarbeit: Philip Pettit (Herausgeber), Pettit Philip (Herausgeber), Samuel Scheffler (Herausgeber), Michael Smith (Herausgeber), R. Jay Wallace (Herausgeber), Wallace R. Jay (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.04.2006
• EAN: 9780199297641
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929764-1
• Seiten: 444
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law