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Time and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection
H.L . Ed(S): Dyke
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Description for Time and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection
Paperback. Editor(s): Dyke, H.L. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
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
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048162970
SKU
V9789048162970
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