Well-Being and Morality
Essays in Honour of James Griffin
Seiten
2000
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823584-2 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823584-2 (ISBN)
An international line-up of fourteen philosophers present essays on topics relating to well-being and morality, themes in contemporary ethics and particularly in the work of James Griffin, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. Professor Griffin offers a development of his own thinking on these topics in his replies to the essays.
Does human well-being consist in pleasure, the satisfaction of desires, or some set of goods such as knowledge, friendship, and accomplishment? Does being moral contribute to well-being, and is there a conflict between people's self-interest and the moral demands on them? Are the values of well-being and of morality measurable? Are such values objective? What is the relation between such values and the natural world? And how much can philosophical theory help us in our answers to these and similar questions? Issues such as these provide the focus for much of the work of James Griffin, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, in whose honour Well-Being and Morality has been prepared. They are also among the main topics of these fourteen new essays by an international array of leading philosophers. Professor Griffin himself provides a further discussion of central themes in his thought, specially written in response to contributions to this volume.
Does human well-being consist in pleasure, the satisfaction of desires, or some set of goods such as knowledge, friendship, and accomplishment? Does being moral contribute to well-being, and is there a conflict between people's self-interest and the moral demands on them? Are the values of well-being and of morality measurable? Are such values objective? What is the relation between such values and the natural world? And how much can philosophical theory help us in our answers to these and similar questions? Issues such as these provide the focus for much of the work of James Griffin, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, in whose honour Well-Being and Morality has been prepared. They are also among the main topics of these fourteen new essays by an international array of leading philosophers. Professor Griffin himself provides a further discussion of central themes in his thought, specially written in response to contributions to this volume.
Roger Crisp is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford. Brad Hooker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.3.2000 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 614 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-823584-4 / 0198235844 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-823584-2 / 9780198235842 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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