Prudence, Morality, and the Prisoner's Dilemma
| Author | : Derek Parfit |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Choice (Psychology) |
| ISBN | : |
Prudence Morality And The Prisoners Dilemma
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Essays on Kant's Political Philosophy
| Author | : Howard L. Williams |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1992-10-15 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780226899091 |
As a political philosopher, Kant has until recently been overshadowed by his compatriots Hegel and Marx. With his strong defense of the rights of the person and his deep insight into the strengths and weaknesses of modern society Kant, possibly more than any other political thinker, anticipated the problems of the late twentieth century. Kant's political philosophy, wedded as it is to rights, reform and gradual progress, is emerging from the shadows cast by Hegelian and Marxist thinking about the state. In this volume, thirteen distinguished contributors from the United States, Canada, Britain, and Germany cast light on important aspects of Kant's liberal thinking. Key topics covered include Kant's liberal reformism, his relation with Hegel, his attitude to women, the use of reason, revolution, Kant's optimism and his moral and legal rigorism. Howard Williams is a reader in political theory in the Department of International Politics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. His previous publications include Kant's Political Philosophy, Concepts of Ideology, and Hegel, Heraclitus, and Marx's Dialectic.
Philosophical Explanations
| Author | : Robert Nozick |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 788 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780674664791 |
Nozick develops new views on philosophy’s central topics and weaves them into a unified perspective. He ranges widely over philosophy’s fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, the foundations of ethics, the meaning of life.
Ethics and International Relations
| Author | : Joel H. Rosenthal |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 547 |
| Release | : 2017-03-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1351939017 |
This volume offers a new dimension to realist theories about world politics. It questions both the theoretical and empirical foundations of much of traditional realist thought by offering realist-oriented analyses that emphasize the possibilities of cooperation and accommodation through agreement over common motivations and concerns. The articles in this volume demonstrate that moral considerations can and do play a significant role in shaping state behavior and that despair about the possibility of improving the systems and institutions within which we live is unwarranted. Specific points of normative convergence are raised in some detail, especially on issues of war, membership and authority, humanitarian concern and the social consequences of globalization. Three ethical concepts form the core of the 'realism reconsidered' argued for here, namely, the ideas of pluralism, rights and fairness.
Dictionary of Philosophy
| Author | : Alan Lacey |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1134785860 |
The third edition of this bestselling student reference book provides an illuminating and informed introduction to the key issues, concepts and perspectives of philosophy. The Dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated.
Resources, Values and Development
| Author | : Amartya Sen |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780674765269 |
Resources, Values and Development contains many of Amartya Sen's path-breaking contributions to development economics, including papers on resource allocation in nonwage systems, shadow pricing, employment policy, welfare economics, poverty assessment, gender-based inequality, and hunger and famines.
Rationality and Freedom
| Author | : Amartya Sen |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 756 |
| Release | : 2004-03-30 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780674013513 |
Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In this, the first of two volumes, Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues.
Self and Others
| Author | : Jan Österberg |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1988-10-31 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9789027726483 |
1. The Aim of This Essay Ethical Egoism, the doctrine that, roughly speaking, one should promote one's own good, has been a live issue since the very beginnings of moral philosophy. Historically, it is the most widely held normative theory, and, next to Utilitarianism, it is the most intensely debated one. What is at stake in this debate is a fundamental question of ethics: 'Is there any reason, except self-interest, for considering the interests of other people?' The ethical egoist answers No to this question, thus rejecting the received conception of morality. Is Ethical Egoism an acceptable position? There are many forms of Ethical Egoism, and each may be interpreted in several different ways. So the relevant question is rather, 'Is there an acceptable version of Ethical It is the main aim of this essay to answer this question. This Egoism?' means that I will be confronted with many other controversial questions, for example, 'What is a moral principle?', 'Is value objective or subjec tive?', 'What is the nature of the self?' For the acceptability of most ver sions of Ethical Egoism, it has been alleged, depends on what answers are given to questions such as these. (I will show that in some of these cases there is in fact no such dependence. ) It is, of course, impossible to ad equately discuss all these questions within the compass of my essay.
Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model
| Author | : Kristian Gerner |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 469 |
| Release | : 2022-02-14 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1000544532 |
First published in 1989, Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model assumes that since the October Revolution the development of the Soviet Union has essentially been a process of trial and error. Economic rationality has been sacrificed to political expedients, and the cultural sphere has been put to use as a legitimating and rationalizing device. This book analyses the internal logic of this process from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to Gorbachev’s ‘revolution from above’, including coverage of the Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras. The book focuses on the structural determinants of the Soviet Model, thus seeking to reveal the specific rationalities that characterizes ‘Soviet man’. Its conclusion casts serious doubt on the likelihood of new policies defeating seven decades of Bolshevik rule and social indoctrination. It will be of interest to students of economics, political science and history.
Practical Reason
| Author | : Stephan Körner |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2001-09-10 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780300105421 |
This book covers a wide spectrum of connected topics in the field of practical and moral thinking. It contains papers and discussions on the logic of practical reasoning and moral obligation; on the decision-theoretical approach to morality; on the relation between practical and theoretical reason; and on the political aspects of morality. The contributors are, for the most part, well-known philosophers who have not been content with merely restating their positions, but have sued this as a forum for proposing new ideas. The value of the collection lies not only in the originality of the contributions on the various topics mentioned but equally in its demonstration of the interrelations among these topics.
