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Weighing and reasoning : themes from the philosophy of John Broome / edited by Iwao Hirose, Andrew Reisner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Broome, John, 1947-.
- Broome, John.
- Values.
- Reasoning.
- Morale--Philosophy.
- Morale.
- Philosophers, Modern.
- Ethics, Modern--20th century.
- Ethics, Modern.
- Ethics, Modern--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Themes from the philosophy of John Broome
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fifteen original essays by leading philosophers offer a comprehensive evaluation of John Broome's major contributions to, and radical innovations in, contemporary moral philosophy, over the past thirty years. They focus in particular on the theory of value, and on practical and theoretical reasoning.
- Contents:
- My long road to philosophy / John Broome
- Weighing. Liberty, preference satisfaction, and the case against categories / Geoffrey Brennan ; Challenges to the principle of personal good / Douglas MacLean ; Metasemantics out of economics? / Anandi Hattiangadi ; Separability / Iwao Hirose ; The social disvalue of premature deaths / Hilary Greaves ; Being and wellbeing / Krister Bykvist ; on the social and personal value of existence / Marc Fleurbaey and Alex Voorhoeve ; The affirmative answer to the existential question and the person affecting restriction / Gustaf Arrhenius
- Reasoning. The meaning of 'darn it!' / Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz ; Keeping things simple / Roger Crisp ; Moral requirements / Michael J. Zimmerman ; Reasons for Broome / Jonathan Dancy ; Normative conflicts and the structure of normativity / Andrew Reisner ; Reasons and rationality : the case of group agents / Lara Buchak and Philip Pettit ; Weighing explanations / Stephen Kearns and Daniel Star.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-150794-6
- 0-19-176522-8
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