Fact and Value

Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-262-52562-6
Verlag: MIT Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

The diversity of topics discussed in this book reflects the breadth of Judith Jarvis Thomson's philosophical work. Throughout her long career at MIT, Thomson's straightforward approach and emphasis on problem-solving have shaped philosophy in significant ways. Some of the book's contributions discuss specific moral and political issues such as abortion, self-defense, the rights and obligations of prospective fathers, and political campaign finance. Other contributions concern the foundations of moral theory, focusing on hedonism, virtue ethics, the nature of nonconsequentialism, and the objectivity of moral claims. Finally, contributions in metaphysics and epistemology discuss the existence of sets, the structures reflected in conditional statements, and the commitments of testimony.ContributorsJonathan Bennett, Richard L. Cartwright, Joshua Cohen, N. Ann Davis, Catherine Z. Elgin, Gilbert Harman, Barbara Herman, Frances Myrna Kamm, Claudia Mills, T.M. Scanlon, Ernest Sosa

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrne, Alex

Stalnaker, Robert C.

Wedgwood, Ralph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Über Autor(innen)

Byrne, Alex
Alex Byrne is Professor of Philosophy at MIT and the coeditor of Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson (2001) and Readings on Color, volumes 1 and 2 (1997), all published by the MIT Press.

Stalnaker, Robert C.
Robert C. Stalnaker is a professor in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University.

Wedgwood, Ralph
Ralph Wedgwood is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert Stalnaker is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ralph Wedgwood is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.