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UNINA9910809030803321 |
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Fox Warwick |
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Titolo |
A theory of general ethics : human relationships, nature, and the built environment / / Warwick Fox |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-09787-3 |
9786612097874 |
0-262-27305-5 |
1-4294-1608-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethics |
Nature - Moral and ethical aspects |
Architecture - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-381) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I General Ethics-and Its Problems -- 1 Introduction: The Idea of a General Ethics -- 2 Problems That Any General Ethics Must Be Able to Address -- II The Foundational Value of Responsive Cohesion -- 3 Introducing the Idea of Responsive Cohesion -- 4 The Best Approach to Everything -- Appendix to Chapter 4: A Note on the Concepts of Responsive Cohesion, Reflective Equilibrium, Organic Unity, Complex Systems, and So On -- 5 The Best Approach to Conventional, Interhuman Ethics -- III Contexts, Mindsharers, and Iso-Experients -- 6 The Theory of Responsive Cohesion's Theory of Contexts -- 7 Exploring the Cognitive Worlds of Mindsharers and Iso-Experients -- 8 Time Blindness, Autobiographical Death, and Our Obligations in Respect of All Beings -- IV Summary, Applications, and Concluding Thoughts -- 9 Putting It All Together: The Shape of a General Ethics Worthy of the Name -- 10 Applying the Theory of Responsive Cohesion -- 11 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An integrated approach to ethics that covers interhuman ethics, the ethics of the natural environment (including animals), and the ethics of |
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the built environment, and enables us to offer sensible and defensible answers to the widest possible range of eth. |
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