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Goodness and Advice
Judith Jarvis Thomson
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Description for Goodness and Advice
Paperback. How should we live? What do we owe to other people? This book explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. Editor(s): Gutmann, Amy. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
How should we live? What do we owe to other people? In Goodness and Advice, the eminent philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. In doing so, she makes major advances in moral philosophy, pointing to some deep problems for influential moral theories and describing the structure of a new and much more promising theory. Thomson begins by lamenting the prevalence of the idea that there is an unbridgeable gap between fact and value--that to say something is good, for example, is not to state a fact, but to do something more like ... Read more
How should we live? What do we owe to other people? In Goodness and Advice, the eminent philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. In doing so, she makes major advances in moral philosophy, pointing to some deep problems for influential moral theories and describing the structure of a new and much more promising theory. Thomson begins by lamenting the prevalence of the idea that there is an unbridgeable gap between fact and value--that to say something is good, for example, is not to state a fact, but to do something more like ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Series
The University Center for Human Values Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691114736
SKU
V9780691114736
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About Judith Jarvis Thomson
Judith Jarvis Thomson is Professor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of "The Realm of Rights; Rights, Restitution, and Risk: Essays in Moral Theory"; and "Acts and Other Events". She coauthored "Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity" and edited "On Being and Saying: Essays for Richard Cartwright".
Reviews for Goodness and Advice
"A highly civilized, lively and provocative exchange between interesting people of diverse backgrounds and positions... A very fine example of a first-rate mind taking great pains to deal carefully, clearly and methodically with perennial problems of the utmost significance."
Saul Smilansky, Times Literary Supplement "As always, Thomson's writing is clear, crisp, and direct."
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Saul Smilansky, Times Literary Supplement "As always, Thomson's writing is clear, crisp, and direct."
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