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Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation
Stephen Petro
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Description for Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation
Hardback. Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 340 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
This book explores the overlooked but vital theoretical relationships between R. M. Hare, Alan Gewirth, and Jürgen Habermas. The author claims their accounts of value, while failing to address classic virtue-theoretical critiques, bear the seeds of a resolution to the ultimate question “What is most valuable?” These dialectical approaches, as claimed, justify a reinterpretation of value and value judgment according to the Carnapian conception of an empirical-linguistic framework or grammar. Through a further synthesis with the work of Philippa Foot and Thomas Magnell, the author shows that “value” would be literally meaningless without four fundamental phenomena which constitute such a ... Read more
This book explores the overlooked but vital theoretical relationships between R. M. Hare, Alan Gewirth, and Jürgen Habermas. The author claims their accounts of value, while failing to address classic virtue-theoretical critiques, bear the seeds of a resolution to the ultimate question “What is most valuable?” These dialectical approaches, as claimed, justify a reinterpretation of value and value judgment according to the Carnapian conception of an empirical-linguistic framework or grammar. Through a further synthesis with the work of Philippa Foot and Thomas Magnell, the author shows that “value” would be literally meaningless without four fundamental phenomena which constitute such a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319022840
SKU
V9783319022840
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