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  • Grounded Ethics

    The Empirical Bases of Normative Judgements

    Edited by Max Hocutt ...
    Scientific naturalism--basing beliefs on empirical evidence--has now triumphed in every field of inquiry except moral philosophy. There it is still thought appropriate to cite otherworldly standards known by divine revelation or moral intuition. In Grounded Ethics Max Hocutt argues that, since there is no transcendent reality on which to base the claims of ethics, normative truth must be sought in ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Philosophical Logic

    by Robert L. Arrington, Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon Dubose, James W. Dye, James K. Feibleman, Bertrand P. Helm, Max Hocutt, Harold N. Lee, Louise N. Roberts, John C. Sallis, Donald H. Weiss ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    With this issue we initiate the policy of expanding the scope of Tulane Studies in Philosophy to include, in addition to the work of members of the department, contributions from philosophers who have earned advanced degrees from Tulane and who are now teaching in other colleges and universities. The Editor THE LOGIC OF OUR LANGUAGE ROBERT L. ARRINGTON Wittgenstein wrote in the Tractatus that ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Epistemology I

    by Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon DuBose, James Wayne Dye, James K. Feiblemen, Max Hocutt, Donald S. Lee, Harold N. Lee, Sandra B. Rosenthal ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Due to the unprecedented interest which the announcement of the topic of epistemology evoked from contributors, two annual volumes will be devoted to it. This volume accordingly is entitled Epistemology I, and the next volume will be entitled Epistemology II. The Editor KNOWING IN THE STRONG SENSE PETER M. BURKHOLDER Professor Norman Malcolm has defended what he calls "the strong sense" of "know." ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Ten Philosophical Mistakes

    by Mortimer J. Adler ...
    An illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time).Ten Philosophical Mistakes examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences in our everyday lives. It teaches how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects. ... Read more

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  • Ethics

    Inventing Right and Wrong

    by J.L. Mackie ...
    An insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes are an 'error theory' based on the presumption of moral facts which, he persuasively argues, don't exist. His refutation of such facts is based on their metaphysical 'queerness' and the observation of cultural relativity. ... Read more

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  • The View From Nowhere

    by Thomas Nagel ...
    Human beings have the unique ability to view the world in a detached way: We can think about the world in terms that transcend our own experience or interest, and consider the world from a vantage point that is, in Nagel's words, "nowhere in particular". At the same time, each of us is a particular person in a particular place, each with his own "personal" view of the world, a view that we can ... Read more

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  • Ethical Theory

    An Anthology

    Edited by Russ Shafer-Landau ...
    Series Book 13 - Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
    The second edition of Ethical Theory: An Anthology features a comprehensive collection of more than 80 essays from classic and contemporary philosophers that address questions at the heart of moral philosophy.Brings together 82 classic and contemporary pieces by renowned philosophers, from seminal works by Hume and Kant to contemporary views by Derek Parfit, Susan Wolf, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and ... Read more

    $69.00 USD

  • Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
    Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. He argues that human beings are ends in themselves ... Read more

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  • Truth and Truthfulness

    An Essay in Genealogy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine.Modern culture exhibits two ... Read more

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  • Moral Luck

    Philosophical Papers 1973–1980

    by Bernard Williams ...
    A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self, but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. That whole area has of course been strikingly reinvigorated over the last deacde, and philosophers have both broadened and deepened ... Read more

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  • The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge

    by Dallas Willard ...
    Based on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral life and of its conduct is no longer routinely available from the social institutions long thought to be responsible for it. In this sense, moral ... Read more

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