Personal Value

Zusatztext very rich and fascinating exploration of personal value ... [a] pioneering account Informationen zum Autor Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen is a Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Lund University. He has co-edited several philosophy anthologies, and he is the author of Logic, Facts and Representation -- An Examination of R. M. Hare's Moral Philosophy (1993). From 2004 to 2010 he was co-editor of the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and he is presently Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Wellbeing and a member of the Editorial board for the Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy. In recent years he has published articles in value theory and metaethics in different international philosophy journals. Klappentext Certain things, like justice, have impersonal value; other things, like your parents, carry personal value: their value is related to you, and they are, in a sense, good or bad for you. R¿nnow-Rasmussen examines the notion of 'good-for', and provides a new analysis of personal value that justifies its inclusion within our classical value taxonomy. Zusammenfassung Certain things, like justice, have impersonal value; other things, like your parents, carry personal value: their value is related to you, and they are, in a sense, good or bad for you. Rønnow-Rasmussen examines the notion of 'good-for', and provides a new analysis of personal value that justifies its inclusion within our classical value taxonomy.

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• Authors: Toni R¿nnow-Rasmussen, Toni Rnnow-Rasmussen, Toni Ronnow-Rasmussen, Toni (Lund University Ronnow-Rasmussen, Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2011
• EAN: 9780199603787
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960378-7
• No. of pages: 185
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy