Being and worth / Andrew Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, Andrew, 1944-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values.

Ethics.

Critical realism.

Physical Description:

ix, 125 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

In "Being and Worth" Andrew Collier argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognize it or not. He builds on recent work in critical realism to provide a reassessment of Spinoza's philosophy of mind and ethics. Conclusions are developed with particular reference to environmental ethics.

Contents:

1 Are there values independent of humankind? 1

2 Towards Spinozism: the cognitive paradigm of morality 9

3 Spinozism: the work of reason 23

Appendix to Chapter 3: Against irrationalism 44

4 Beyond Spinozism: the objectivity of values 52

5 Problems about the worth of being 63

Good as being and good as end 66

Deficient causes 70

Degrees of being 76

6 Away from anthropocentrism 79

7 The worth of human beings 90

Supplementary essay: authentic existence and the fullness of being 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-123) and indexes.

ISBN:

0415207355

0415207363

OCLC:

39887117