Value Judgement

Author : James Griffin
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191036941

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Value Judgement by James Griffin Pdf

James Griffin asks how, and how much, we can improve our ethical standards not lift our behaviour closer to our standards but refine the standards themselves. To give an answer to this question it is necessary to answer most of the questions of ethics. So Value Judgement includes discussion of what a good life is like, where the boundaries of the `natural world' come, how values relate to that world, how great human capacitiesthe ones important to ethicsare, and where moral norms come from. Throughout the book the question of what philosophy can contribute to ethics repeatedly arises. Philosophical traditions, such as most forms of utilitarianism and deontology and virtue ethics, are, Griffin contends, too ambitious. Ethics cannot be what philosophers in those traditions expect it to be because agents cannot be what their philosophies need them to be. This clear, compelling, and original account of ethics will be of interest to anyone concerned with thinking about values: not only philosophers but legal, political, and economic theorists as well. L

Author : William Dawson Lamont
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0802209114

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Value Judgment by William Dawson Lamont Pdf

Author : Anne Young,C. F. Van Niekerk,S Mogotlane
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702156655

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Juta's Manual of Nursing by Anne Young,C. F. Van Niekerk,S Mogotlane Pdf

The basics of fundamental and general nursing science are presented in this health resource for auxiliary, enrolled, and registered general nurses. A strong community nursing focus infuses the outcome-based teachings and questions to stimulate further discussion. Practical information on nursing in South Africa is provided, including working in the legal framework, managing the challenges of nursing in a culturally diverse society, and dealing with patients suffering from HIV and AIDS. Medical teachings on the use of oxygen, temperature regulation, mobility, and skin integrity complement the ethical discussions.

Author : William D. Lamont
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1106820411

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The Value Judgement by William D. Lamont Pdf

Author : Keith F Punch
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761944176

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Introduction to Social Research by Keith F Punch Pdf

'Introduction to Social Research' presents the essential elements of both qualitative and quantitative approaches for conducting empirical research in the social sciences.

Author : W. D. Lamont
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0758112475

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The Value Judgement by W. D. Lamont Pdf

Author : Keith F Punch
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446243329

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Introduction to Research Methods in Education by Keith F Punch Pdf

Based on the popular Introduction to Social Research Methods, this book offers a highly accessible, clear and engaging introduction to research in education, which has been carefully and extensively developed to fully meet the needs of those studying in education and related fields. Introduction to Research Methods in Education assumes no previous knowledge of the subject, and focuses on helping the reader develop a clear conceptual understanding of the nature of empirical research in education, and of how those ideas lead to, and underlie, the principal research techniques. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches are covered, along with practical guidance on issues such as how to prepare a research proposal, write a literature review, and analyse different types of data. This book is an ideal introduction to researching in an educational context for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and will be a must-have for anyone studying on a research methods course or doing a research project for themselves.

Author : Reidar Edvinsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783540705024

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The Quest for the Description of the Law by Reidar Edvinsson Pdf

My dissertation for LLD (or JSD) Att beskriva rätten (To Describe Law), which was written under my bachelor surname of Andréasson, was presented for public exa- nation on Nov 4, 2004. Since then the text has been developed in two separate directions. On the one hand, three of the chapters have been made more accessible to students of jurisprudence and have been included in the second edition of the te- book Rättsfilosofi, samhälle och moral genom tiderna edited by Joakim Nergelius. On the other hand, the whole dissertation has been revised, translated and published as the present book. In the time that has passed since my dissertation, many things have changed. On the personal level, my friend and tutor, Aleksander Peczenick, was sadly taken away from my circle of colleagues. In contrast to that sad event, I have spent two nine-month periods on paternity leave, raising my two children, Selma and Bernhard. This past year, I have decided to move from theory to practice and have started working in a court of law. During my work on the dissertation, I had the opportunity to spend a rewarding term at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ visiting Professor Dennis Patterson. Since this book is a continuation of that project, it feels appropriate to repeat my thanks to Professor Patterson and STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education) for making that visit possible.

Author : Robert C. Solomon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190288402

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Thinking about Feeling by Robert C. Solomon Pdf

Philosophers since Aristotle have explored emotion, and the study of emotion has always been essential to the love of wisdom. In recent years Anglo-American philosophers have rediscovered and placed new emphasis on this very old discipline. The view that emotions are ripe for philosophical analysis has been supported by a considerable number of excellent publications. In this volume, Robert Solomon brings together some of the best Anglo-American philosophers now writing on the philosophy of emotion, with chapters from philosophers who have distinguished themselves in the field of emotion research and have interdisciplinary interests, particularly in the social and biological sciences. The reader will find a lively variety of positions on topics such as the nature of emotion, the category of "emotion," the rationality of emotions, the relationship between an emotion and its expression, the relationship between emotion, motivation, and action, the biological nature versus social construction of emotion, the role of the body in emotion, the extent of freedom and our control of emotions, the relationship between emotion and value, and the very nature and warrant of theories of emotion. In addition, this book acknowledges that it is impossible to study the emotions today without engaging with contemporary psychology and the neurosciences, and moreover engages them with zeal. Thus the essays included here should appeal to a broad spectrum of emotion researchers in the various theoretical, experimental, and clinical branches of psychology, in addition to theorists in philosophy, philosophical psychology, moral psychology, and cognitive science, the social sciences, and literary theory.

Author : Christian Illies
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198238320

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The Grounds of Ethical Judgement by Christian Illies Pdf

Transcendental arguments have gained a lot of attention since the 1990s, mainly in the field of theoretical reason. Christian Illies argues that transcendental arguments have great potential in ethics, as they promise rational justification of normative judgements.

Author : William Dawson Lamont
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0802209114

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Value Judgment by William Dawson Lamont Pdf

Author : Graham Button
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521389526

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Ethnomethodology and the Human Sciences by Graham Button Pdf

Through its empirical inquiries into the ordered properties of social action, this text demonstrates how ethnomethodology provides a radical respecification of the foundations of the human sciences, an achievement that has often been misunderstood.

Author : Jonathan Riley
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521306922

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Liberal Utilitarianism by Jonathan Riley Pdf

This is a book about liberal democratic values and their implications for the design of political institutions. Its distinctive feature is the use of some simple mathematical techniques (known as social choice theory) to clarify and defend a rather complex utilitarian conception of the liberal democratic 'way of life' based on John Stuart Mill's work. More specifically, the text focuses on three well-known 'social choice paradoxes' which are commonly held to destroy any possibility of an ideal harmony among liberal democratic values; and draws upon suggestions implicit in Mill's writings to develop an ethically appealing liberal democratic social choice framework in which the aforementioned paradoxes no longer cause concern. The revised framework is a rather complex version of utilitarianism and should be of special interest to welfare economists, social choice theorists, democratic political theorists and philosophers concerned with utilitarian ethics.

Author : Joan Stephenson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415157374

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Values in Education by Joan Stephenson Pdf

Based upon an empirical study involving training and practising teachers from seven countries, this book investigates the various attitudes and practices towards the teaching of values and their place in the curriculum. Countries covered include: Australia, Eire, Israel, Slovenia, Switzerland, UK and USA. The findings of each of the countries are compared and contrasted in the light of the diverse cultural conditions which are apparent. This book brings together various approaches currently taken in values education and also suggests a theoretical foundation for decision making. The book culminates in practical examples, drawn from the evidence of the research project, which teachers can adapt for use with their own pupils. This book provides a challenging and imaginative perspective on values in education and comes at a time when educators face a new era which demands dynamic, transformative and reflective approaches.

Author : E. Beinat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401588850

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Value Functions for Environmental Management by E. Beinat Pdf

Environmental decisions must satisfy a multitude of objectives and the matching of a plan, policy or project to such objectives is a matter of both facts and value judgements. Value Functions for Environmental Management provides a systematic approach to the structuring and measurement of value judgements, showing how they drive the decision process and how to make them transparent and effective in support of complex decisions. The value functions that the book describes provide a scheme for the exploration of human values and a tool for transforming them into an analytical model. A clear statement can then be made of the degree to which a decision has achieved its objectives, and how conflicting objectives may be addressed. This does not mean that there is no role for human judgement in the process. Complexity, often coupled with large information gaps, necessitates expert judgement, but the values adopted by the experts are themselves capable of being structured and measured according to the value function methodology presented here, even if the judgements themselves are qualitative and tentative. Value models for expert panels are also presented. The use of the methodology in practice is illustrated by examples. The book contains an extensive subject index.