Value And Obligation

Author : Robin Attfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000029161

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A Theory of Value and Obligation by Robin Attfield Pdf

Originally published in 1987 and re-issued in 2020 with a new Preface, this book presents and elaborates interrelated solutions to a number of problems in moral philosophy, from the location of intrinsic value and the nature of a worthwhile life, via the limits of obligation and the nature of justice, to the status of moral utterances. After developing a biocentric account of moral standing, the author locates worthwhile life in the development of the generic capacities of a creature, whether human or nonhuman, and presents an account of relative intrinsic value which later generates a theory of interspecific justice. This value-theory also informs a consequentialist understanding of obligation, of moral rightness and of supererogation. The understanding thus supplied is shown to cope with the problems of integrity, of justice and of the ‘Repugnant Conclusion’ in population ethics. A cognitivist account of ethical conclusions such as those so far reached is then defended against non-cognitivist and relativist objections and a far-reaching naturalist theory is defended, integrating earlier conclusions with an account of the logic of the fundamental ethical concepts. This wide-ranging volume which maps the whole area of morality is thoroughly argued with reference both to contemporary philosophical developments and to classical theories.

Author : Robin Attfield
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004433540

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Value, Obligation, and Meta-Ethics by Robin Attfield Pdf

This work defends an interrelated set of theses in value-theory, normative ethics and meta-ethics. The three Parts correspond to these three areas. Part One (Value) defends a biocentric theory of moral standing, and then the coherence and objectivity of belief in intrinsic value, despite recent objections. Intrinsic value is located in the flourishing of living creatures; specifically, a neo-Aristotelian, species-relative account is supplied of wellbeing or flourishing, in terms of the development of the essential capacities of one's species. There follows a theory of priorities, or of relative intrinsic value, in which the satisfaction of basic needs takes priority over other needs and over wants, and the interests of complex and sophisticated creatures over those of others, where they are at stake. Part Two defends a practice-consequentialist theory of the criteria of rightness and of obligation, which leaves room for supererogation, underpins our intuitions about justice, commends population growth only where it is genuinely desirable, and responds better than act-consequentialism to objections like that concerned with the separateness of persons. Part Three sifts meta-ethical theories, rejects moral relativism, and defends a cognitivist and naturalist meta-ethic. In defending analytical naturalism, it takes into account the latest literature on supervenience. By responding to recent discussions, this study supersedes my Theory of Value and Obligation (1987). It is equipped with detailed end-notes and an ample bibliography, which could prove a research tool of itself.

Author : Robert Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198722298

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Kantian Ethics by Robert Stern Pdf

This volume presents a selection of Robert Stern's work on the theme of Kantian ethics. It begins by focusing on the relation between Kant's account of obligation and his view of autonomy, arguing that this leaves room for Kant to be a realist about value. Stern then considers where this places Kant in relation to the question of moral scepticism, and in relation to the principle of 'ought implies can', and examines this principle in its own right. The papers then move beyond Kant himself to his wider influence and to critics of his work, including Hegel, the British Idealists, and the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Logstrup, while also offering a comparison with William James's arguments for freedom. The collection concludes with a consideration of a broadly Kantian critique of divine command ethics offered by Stephen Darwall, arguing that the critique does not succeed. General themes considered in this volume therefore include value, perfectionism, agency, autonomy, moral motivation, moral scepticism, and obligation, as well as the historical place of Kant's ethics and its influence on thinkers up to the present day.

Author : Alexander Sesonske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Duty
ISBN : UVA:X002692633

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Value and Obligation by Alexander Sesonske Pdf

Author : Robert Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139505017

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Understanding Moral Obligation by Robert Stern Pdf

In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'author' or lay down moral norms and values for ourselves, our autonomy as agents will be threatened. In this book, Robert Stern challenges the cogency of this 'argument from autonomy', and claims that Kant never subscribed to it. Rather, it is not value realism but the apparent obligatoriness of morality that really poses a challenge to our autonomy: how can this be accounted for without taking away our freedom? The debate the book focuses on therefore concerns whether this obligatoriness should be located in ourselves (Kant), in others (Hegel) or in God (Kierkegaard). Stern traces the historical dialectic that drove the development of these respective theories, and clearly and sympathetically considers their merits and disadvantages; he concludes by arguing that the choice between them remains open.

Author : Alexander Sesonske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Duty
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025505467

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Value and Obligation by Alexander Sesonske Pdf

Author : Richard B. Brandt
Publisher : Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015001649204

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Value and Obligation by Richard B. Brandt Pdf

Most people interested in the problems of ethics aspire to two kinds of knowledge, one systematic, the other historical. They wish a systematic understanding of the field: knowledge of what are the various problems and their interrelations and knowledge of what has been done toward the solution of these problems. They also wish to learn what the great historical philosophers -- particularly those who have had the most important ideas about values and conduct -- have said about the subject. This book is intended to enable the reader to approximate the achievement of these twin goals at once.

Author : Michael J. Zimmerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199688852

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Ignorance and Moral Obligation by Michael J. Zimmerman Pdf

Michael J. Zimmerman explores whether and how our ignorance about ourselves and our circumstances affects what our moral obligations and moral rights are. He rejects objective and subjective views of the nature of moral obligation, and presents a new case for a 'prospective' view.

Author : Rutsel Silvestre J. Martha
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198736387

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The Financial Obligation in International Law by Rutsel Silvestre J. Martha Pdf

This is the first volume to comprehensively and systematically study, describe, and theorize the financial obligations created and governed by public international law. Legal globalization has given rise to a number of financial issues in international law in areas as diverse as development financing, investment protection, compensation of human rights victims, and sovereign debt crises. The claims resulting from the proliferation of financial activity are not limited to those primarily involving financial obligations (e.g. loans and grants) but include secondary obligations resulting from the law on international responsibility. Among the many instances of financial obligation covered in this study, the reader will find inter-State financial transactions, inter-State sale of goods, transnational services such as telecommunications and post, the financial operations of multilateral institutions, loans, grants and guarantees provided by the various international financial institutions, certain financial relations between non-State actors (including natural persons) and States, intergovernmental organizations or other international legal actors, and government loans to international organizations. Rich in historical detail and systematic in its coverage of contemporary law, this book will be valued by all practitioners and scholars with an interest in the nature of international financial obligations.

Author : BPP Learning Media
Publisher : BPP Learning Media
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781472711724

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ACCA Essentials P2 Corporate Reporting (International and UK) Revision Kit 2014 by BPP Learning Media Pdf

The examining team reviewed P2 Practice & Revision Kit provides invaluable guidance on how to approach the exam and contains many of the long, case study questions that you will find in the exam. Three mock exams provide you with more essential practice and marking schemes show you how the examiner awards marks.

Author : Robert Audi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009267014

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Of Moral Conduct by Robert Audi Pdf

A comprehensive original ethics of conduct, spanning moral theory, practical ethics, and theories of both obligation and intrinsic value.

Author : Magda Egoumenides
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441124456

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Philosophical Anarchism and Political Obligation by Magda Egoumenides Pdf

Political obligation refers to the moral obligation of citizens to obey the law of their state and to the existence, nature, and justification of a special relationship between a government and its constituents. This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series challenges this relationship, seeking to define and defend the position of critical philosophical anarchism against alternative approaches to the issue of justification of political institutions. The book sets out to demonstrate the value of taking an anarchist approach to the problem of political authority, looking at theories of natural duty, state justification, natural duty of justice, fairness, political institutions, and more. It argues that the anarchist perspective is in fact indispensable to theorists of political obligation and can improve our views of political authority and social relations. This accessible book builds on the works of philosophical anarchists such as John Simmons and Leslie Green, and discusses key theorists, including Rousseau, Rawls, and Horton. This key resource will make an important contribution to anarchist political theory and to anarchist studies more generally.

Author : Michael J. Zimmerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052149706X

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The Concept of Moral Obligation by Michael J. Zimmerman Pdf

The principal aim of this book is to develop and defend an analysis of the concept of moral obligation. What it seeks to do is generate new solutions to a range of philosophical problems concerning obligation and its application. Amongst these problems are deontic paradoxes, the supersession of obligation, conditional obligation, actualism and possibilism, dilemmas, supererogation, and cooperation. By virtue of its normative neutrality, the analysis provides a theoretical framework within which competing theories of obligation can be developed and assessed.

Author : Deryck Beyleveld
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031540677

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Theories of Legal Obligation by Deryck Beyleveld Pdf

Author : D. Mokrosinska,Dorota Mokrosi?ska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137025036

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Rethinking Political Obligation by D. Mokrosinska,Dorota Mokrosi?ska Pdf

What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? This book offers a fresh analysis of the debate concerning the moral obligation to obey the state, develops a novel account of political obligation and provides the first detailed argument of how a theory of political obligation can apply to subjects of an unjust state.