Person, Polis, Planet - Essays in Applied Philosophy

Zusatztext This really is philosophy for the real world, and the more impressive for that, since it takes a certain surefootedness to keep ones arguments philosophically rigorous while making so much of historical fact ... Schmidtz's distinctive prose is simple and informal, yet capable of conveying complex and subtle point ... Readers of Person, Polis, Planet will, as a result, discover Schmidtz's challenging, detailed arguments without having to perform excavations to get at them. Informationen zum Autor David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy, joint Professor of Economics, and Director of the Program in Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona. David is author of Rational Choice and Moral Agency, Elements of Justice, and co-author of Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility. He co-edited Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works (Oxford, 2002) with Elizabeth Willott. His research has taken him to twenty countries and six continents. Klappentext This volume collects thirteen of David Schmidtz's essays on the question of what it takes to live a good life, given that we live in a social and natural world. Zusammenfassung This volume collects thirteen of David Schmidtz's essays on the question of what it takes to live a good life, given that we live in a social and natural world.

Product details

• Authors: David Schmidtz, David (Director Arizona Center for Philosophy of Freedom Schmidtz, Schmidtz David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2008
• EAN: 9780195365832
• ISBN: 978-0-19-536583-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental