Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation by Stephen Petro
This book explores the overlooked but vital theoretical relationships between R. M. Hare, Alan Gewirth, and Jürgen Habermas. The author claims their accounts of value, while failing to address classic virtue-theoretical critiques, bear the seeds of a resolution to the ultimate question “What is most valuable?” These dialectical approaches, as claimed, justify a reinterpretation of value and value judgment according to the Carnapian conception of an empirical-linguistic framework or grammar. Through a further synthesis with the work of Philippa Foot and Thomas Magnell, the author shows that “value” would be literally meaningless without four fundamental phenomena which constitute such a framework: Logical Judgment, Conceptual Synthesis, Conceptual Abstraction, and Freedom. As part of the 'grammar of goodness,' the excellence of these phenomena, in a highly concrete way, constitute the essence of the greatest good, as this book explains.-
The Third Law of Evolution and The Future of Life
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Responsibility and Punishment
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Rethinking Virtue Ethics
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Moral Responsibility
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The Biotechnology Debate
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Recent Work on Intrinsic Value
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Action and Responsibility
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Ethics and Self-Knowledge
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The Importance of Assent
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Ethical Questions and International NGOs
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Tales of Research Misconduct
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From Reasons to Norms
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Freedom and Value
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Transforming Unjust Structures
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The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment
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Reasons for Action
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Emotion, Truth and Meaning
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Character, Liberty and Law
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Personal and Moral Identity
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Time and Ethics
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Moral Beliefs and Moral Theory
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Moral Responsibility and Ontology
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The Different Faces of Autonomy
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The Good Life as a Public Good
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The Repugnant Conclusion
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Ethics after Anscombe
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Trust: The Tacit Demand
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Radical Passivity
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New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care
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Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization
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Imperceptible Harms and Benefits
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| ISBN 13 | 9783319346540 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319346547 |
| Title | Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation |
| Author | Stephen Petro |
| Series | Library Of Ethics And Applied Philosophy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2016-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 327 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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