1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910717225903321

Titolo

GAO fraud hotline / / statement of Charles A. Bowsher before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States General Accounting Office, , 1988

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 pages)

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO/T-OSI-88-3

Soggetti

Whistle blowing - United States

Waste in government spending - United States

Fraud - United States - Prevention

Waste in government spending

Whistle blowing

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"For release on delivery expected at 10:00 a.m., EDST, Tuesday, April 19, 1988."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830144603321

Autore

de Gaynesford Maximilian

Titolo

Agents and Their Actions [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicester, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25847-1

9786613258472

1-4443-4676-8

1-4443-4673-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Collana

Ratio Special Issues

Classificazione

PHI009000

Disciplina

128.4

128/.4

Soggetti

Act (Philosophy)

Agent (Philosophy)

PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General

Philosophy & Religion

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

AGENTS AND THEIR ACTIONS; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1: REASONS FOR ACTION AND PRACTICAL REASONING; 2: AMBIVALENCE AND AUTHENTIC AGENCY; 3: THE ROAD TO LARISSA; 4: WHAT IS THE CONTENT OF AN INTENTION IN ACTION?; 5: BEING IN THE WORLD; 6: MORAL SCEPTICISM AND AGENCY: KANT AND KORSGAARD; 7: SPEECH, ACTION AND UPTAKE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph RazPresents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency<div