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Time and Ethics
Heather . Ed(S): Dyke
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Description for Time and Ethics
Hardback. Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. There is a need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book addresses that need and includes essays that raise and investigate some of the key issues that arise at the intersection between these two areas of philosophy. Editor(s): Dyke, Heather. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.
Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. Actions and lives are temporal things. Thus, one would think that answers to ethical questions should take some account of their temporal features. And yet, while a number of authors have drawn attention to the relation between time and ethics (Derek Parfit and Thomas Nagel in particular), there has never been a systematic study of the impact of temporal considerations on ethical issues. There is a pressing need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book leads the way ... Read more
Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. Actions and lives are temporal things. Thus, one would think that answers to ethical questions should take some account of their temporal features. And yet, while a number of authors have drawn attention to the relation between time and ethics (Derek Parfit and Thomas Nagel in particular), there has never been a systematic study of the impact of temporal considerations on ethical issues. There is a pressing need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book leads the way ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402013126
SKU
V9781402013126
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Ref
99-15
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