Logic and Ethics
Published on 25. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
VII, 318 pages
978-94-010-5481-2 (ISBN)
Description
1. Ethics and the Limits of Consistency.- 2. Negative Values.- 3. Whatever Happened to Deontic Logic.- 4. The Ethical Root of Language.- 5. The Principle of Transcendence and the Foundation of Axiology.- 6. Deontic Logic and Imperative Logic.- 7. Against Tolerating the Intolerable.- 8. Winning Against and With the Opponent.- 9. Meaning-Norms and Objectivity.- 10. On the Logic of Practical Evaluation.- 11. The Deductive Model in Ethics.- 12. Truth-Value of Ethical Statements: Some Philosophical Implications of the Model-Theoretic Defintion of Truth.- 13. On Subjective Appreciation of Objective Moral Points.- 14. On Fair Distribution of Indivisible Goods.- 15. Needs and Values.
Reviews / Votes
' All in all, this a volume that is indispensable for any academic library worthy of the name....On that basis alone I recommend it wholeheartedly. ' Ethics Jan. 1992More details
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
VII, 318 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-010-5481-2 (9789401054812)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-3352-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Peter Geach | Jacek Holówka
Logic and Ethics
Book
12/1990
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€213.99
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Content
1. Ethics and the Limits of Consistency.- 2. Negative Values.- 3. Whatever Happened to Deontic Logic.- 4. The Ethical Root of Language.- 5. The Principle of Transcendence and the Foundation of Axiology.- 6. Deontic Logic and Imperative Logic.- 7. Against Tolerating the Intolerable.- 8. Winning Against and With the Opponent.- 9. Meaning-Norms and Objectivity.- 10. On the Logic of Practical Evaluation.- 11. The Deductive Model in Ethics.- 12. Truth-Value of Ethical Statements: Some Philosophical Implications of the Model-Theoretic Defintion of Truth.- 13. On Subjective Appreciation of Objective Moral Points.- 14. On Fair Distribution of Indivisible Goods.- 15. Needs and Values.