A Quarter Century of Value Inquiry

Presidential Addresses before the American Society for Value Inquiry
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-5183-665-3
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Histories and Addresses of Philosophical Societies

This volume contains all of the presidential addresses given before the American Society for Value Inquiry since its first meeting in 1970. Contributions are by Richard Brandt*, Virgil Aldrich*, John W. Davis*, the late Robert S. Hartman*, James B. Wilbur*, the late William H. Werkmeister, Robert E. Carter, the late William T. Blackstone, Gene James, Eva Hauel Cadwallader, Richard T. Hull, Norman Bowie*, Stephen White*, Burton Leiser+, Abraham Edel, Sidney Axinn, Robert Ginsberg, Patricia Werhane, Lisa M. Newton, Thomas Magnell, Sander Lee, John M. Abbarno, Ruth Miller Lucier, and Tom Regan*. Autobiographical sketches* by all of the living contributors and one recently deceased, biographical statements of the remainder, together with photographic portraits of all the contributors*, make this volume a unique record of value inquiry during the past quarter century. ("*" indicates previously unpublished or unpublished in the present form; "+" indicates substantial new material has been added.)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hull, Richard T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
“Editorial Foreword”, Robert Ginsberg, Executive Editor
“Preface”, Richard T. Hull, Editor
Acknowledgements
“Introduction”, Richard T. Hull, Editor

One
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“The Interpersonal Comparison of Utility”, Richard B. Brandt

Two
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“On What It Is Like to Be A Man”, Virgil C. Aldrich
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“On ‘On What It Is Like to Be A Man’: A Response to Professor Aldrich”, John W. Davis
“Rejoinder to Davis”, Virgil C. Aldrich

Three
“Biographical Sketch” (by John W. Davis)
“Aspects of The Good in Paul Weiss' Modes of Being”, Robert S. Hartman

Four
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Reason and the Individual: Some Parameters of Practice”, James B. Wilbur

Five
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“A Value Theoretical Approach to Literature”, William H. Werkmeister

Six
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“An Inquiry into the Notion of ‘Intrinsic Value’ in Contemporary Western and Japanese Philosophy”, Robert E. Carter

Seven
“Biographical Sketch” (by Bowman L. Clarke, John T. Granrose & Walter H. O’Briant)
“On Health Care as a Legal Right: An Exploration of Legal and Moral Grounds”, William T. Blackstone

Eight
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Is Value a Gestalt Quality?”, Gene G. James

Nine
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“The Main Features of Value Experience”, Eva Hauel Cadwallader

Ten
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“The Allied Health Care Professions: New Fields for Philosophical Exploration”, Richard T. Hull

Eleven
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Statistical Discrimination and Public Policy”, Norman E. Bowie

Twelve
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Paternalism and Public Protection: The Psychiatric Dimension”, Stephen W. White

Thirteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Terrorism, Guerilla Warfare, and International Morality”, Burton M. Leiser

Fourteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: On the Terms of Their Relation”, Abraham Edel

Fifteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Moral Style”, Sidney Axinn

Sixteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“The Value of Philosophy: A Dialogue”, Robert Ginsberg

Seventeen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Wittgenstein and Moral Realism”, Patricia H. Werhane

Eighteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Applied Ethics: Premises and Promises of the Discipline”, Lisa H. Newton

Nineteen
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“A Critique of Henry Veatch’s Human Rights: Fact or Fancy?”, Sander H. Lee

Twenty
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Evaluations as Assessments. Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers”, Thomas Magnell
“Evaluations as Assessments. Part II: Classifying Adjectives, Distinguishing Assertions, and Instancing Good of a Kind”, Thomas Magnell

Twenty-One
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Role Responsibility and Values”, John M. Abbarno

Twenty-Two
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“Cross-Cultural Values and the Concept of Community”, Ruth M. Lucier

Twenty-Three
“Autobiographical Sketch”
“The Case for Animal Rights: A Decade’s Passing”, Tom Regan

Index