Goodness and Advice by Judith Jarvis Thomson
How should we live? What do we owe to other people? This book explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions.-
The Lives of Animals
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Private Government
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Multiculturalism
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Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry
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Why Trust Science?
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Meaning in Life and Why It Matters
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Primates and Philosophers
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Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
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A Matter of Interpretation
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Active and Passive Citizens
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The President Who Would Not Be King
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Truth v. Justice
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Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry
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A Different Kind of Animal
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Freedom of Association
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Striking First
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Work and Welfare
"A highly civilized, lively and provocative exchange between interesting people of diverse backgrounds and positions.. A very fine example of a first-rate mind taking great pains to deal carefully, clearly and methodically with perennial problems of the utmost significance."--Saul Smilansky, Times Literary Supplement "As always, Thomson's writing is clear, crisp, and direct."--Choice
Judith Jarvis Thomson is Professor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of "The Realm of Rights; Rights, Restitution, and Risk: Essays in Moral Theory"; and "Acts and Other Events". She coauthored "Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity" and edited "On Being and Saying: Essays for Richard Cartwright".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691114736 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691114730 |
| Title | Goodness and Advice |
| Author | Judith Jarvis Thomson |
| Series | The University Center For Human Values Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2003-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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