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Chang Ruth |
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Titolo |
Making comparisons count / / Ruth Chang |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-138-98021-8 |
1-135-71477-0 |
1-315-05439-6 |
1-135-71470-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Decision making - Moral and ethical aspects |
Comparison (Philosophy) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2002 by Routledge. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Routledge Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Incomparability: The Basic Notion; 1.1. The covering value requirement; 1.2. Covering values and contributory values; 1.3. The covering value requirement and incomparability; 2. The Structure of Values and Comparisons of Bearers; 2.1. The structure of values; 2.2. Comparisons of bearers; 2.3. Two conclusions; 3. Numerical Representation: The Standard Model; 3.1. The Standard Model and the Trichotomy Thesis; 3.2. Mere ordinality |
3.3. Precise cardinality3.4. Imprecise cardinality; 1. What Justifies Choice?; 2. Setting the Stage for Comparativism; 3. Optimizing; 4. Alternatives to Optimizing; 4.1. Satisficing; 4.2. Maximalizing; 4.3. Absolutizing; 5. Comparisons and Justifying Force; 6. A Challenge to Comparativism: Brute Desires; 1. The Diversity of Values; 2. Bidirectionality; 3. Calculation; 4. Rational Irresolvability of Conflict; 5. The Incomparability of Values; 5.1. Value incomparability; 5.2. Bearer incomparability; 6. The Lack of a Common Value; 6.1. Noncomparability |
6.2. Formal failures of comparison and practical reason1. Constitutive |
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