Value and Justification - The Foundations of Liberal Theory

Zusammenfassung Develops a theory of value that seeks to reconcile reason with passions! and explores how this grounds our commitment to moral action. The author argues that rational moral action can neither be seen as a way of just maximizing one's own values! nor derived from reason independent of one's values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The nature of the theories; Part I. A Theory of Value: 2. Emotion; 3. Valuing; 4. Value judgements; 5. Values and value systems; Part II. A Theory of Justification: 6. Value and moral reasons; 7. Telelogical and deontological justification 8. The state of nature; 9. The social contract; Appendices; Bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gerald F. Gaus
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.07.1990
• EAN: 9780521397339
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39733-9
• Seiten: 560
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy