Dimensions of Goodness.
Title:
Dimensions of Goodness.
Author:
Hösle, Vittorio.
ISBN:
9781443868761
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (449 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - VALUES AND REALITY -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- PART II - HISTORICAL CHANGES IN VALUE PERCEPTION AND ETHICAL THEORY -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART III - SCIENCE AND ETHICS -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- PART IV - MORAL CHALLENGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- PART V - GOODNESS FROM AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX OF NAMES.
Abstract:
Dimensions of Goodness is based on the second conference of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, whose aim is to bridge the normative and descriptive dimensions of knowledge by bringing in as many disciplines as possible to address fundamental philosophical issues. While the first conference dealt with the elusive topic of beauty, the second addressed crucial issues of ethics. In the first section of this volume, the German philosophers Franz von Kutschera and Markus Gabriel discuss t...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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