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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452405103321

Titolo

Meaning and morality [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the philosophy of Julius Kovesi / / edited by Alan Tapper and T. Brian Mooney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-280-99566-1

9786613767271

90-04-23255-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Studies in moral philosophy, , 2211-2014 ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

TapperAlan

MooneyT. Brian

Disciplina

170.92

Soggetti

Ethics - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Alan Tapper and T. Brian Mooney -- Introduction / Alan Tapper and T. Brian Mooney -- Prologue: Memories of Julius Kovesi / Anthony Kenny -- Kovesi’s Refutation of Hume / Bernard Harrison -- Kovesi’s Moral Point of View / R. E. Ewin -- Kovesi, Connaturality, and the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Virtues / T. Brian Mooney , Mark Nowacki and John N. Williams -- Moral Notions and Originality and Some Examples: Reflections on Kovesi / Peter A. French -- What’s Morality Got To Do With It? Making the Right Distinctions / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- MacIntyre and Kovesi on the Nature of Moral Concepts / R. E. Ewin and Alan Tapper -- Kovesi and Legal Reasoning / Dennis Patterson -- Kovesi and Searle: Thinking in Parallel? / James Doughney -- Kovesi on Natural World Concepts and the Theory of Meaning / Alan Tapper -- Kovesi’s Concepts and Plato’s Ideas / T. Brian Mooney and Lee Churchman -- Index / Alan Tapper and T. Brian Mooney.

Sommario/riassunto

Julius Kovesi's Moral Notions (1967) was a startlingly original contribution to moral philosophy and theory of meaning. After initial positive reviews Kovesi's book was largely forgotten. Nevertheless, it continued to have an enduring influence on a number of philosophers



and theologians some of whom have contributed to this volume. The original essays collected here critique, analyze, deepen and extend the work of Kovesi. The book will be of particular interest to moral philosophers and those working on concept formation, while also having a broader appeal to social scientists grappling with the description/evaluation problem.