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Supererogation / edited by Christopher Cowley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 1358-2461 77.
- Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement, 1358-2461 ; 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Supererogation--Congresses.
- Supererogation.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 242 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The agents, acts and attitudes of supererogation / Christopher Cowley
- Can virtue ethics account for supererogation? / David Heyd
- Beyond obligation: reasons and supererogation / Michael Ferry
- Disjunctive duties and supererogatory sets of actions / Matthias Brinkmann
- Saints, heroes and moral necessity / Alfred Archer
- Is supererogation more than just costly sacrifice? / Elizabeth Drummond Young
- Adopting roles: generosity and presumptuousness / Rowland Stout
- Supererogation and the relationship between religious and secular ethics; some perspectives drawn from Thomas Aquinas and John of the Cross / Mark Wynn
- Religion, forgiveness and humanity / Christopher Hamilton
- Beyond obligation? Jean-Marie Guyau on life and ethics / Keith Ansell-Pearson
- Assimilating supererogation / D.K. Levy.
- Notes:
- Most contributions come from the annual conference of the Royal Institute of Philosophy held in June 2014 at University College, Dublin.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781107545731
- 1107545730
- OCLC:
- 924208990
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