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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828715503321

Autore

Jadacki Jacek

Titolo

Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

83-7886-055-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (539 p.)

Disciplina

199.438

Soggetti

Philosophy, Polish - 20th century

Commands (Logic)

Normativity (Ethics)

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

Contents; Foreword; 1. Preferential situation; 2. Preferences and impulses, decisions and tendencies; 3. Verbalization of preferences: imperatives; 4. Axiological situation. Evaluations; 5. Obligational situation; 6. Genesis of the obligation; 7. Criteria of factuality of obligation; 8. Gradation of obligations; 9. Verbalization of obligations: norms; 10. Norms and consultatives, instructions and optatives; 11. Imperative-normative argumentation; Conclusion; Anthology; Kazimierz Twardowski. Indicatives, interrogatives, imperatives and optatives (1901); Jan Nuckowski. Practical theses (1903)

Sommario/riassunto

The book is comprised of three components. The first component analyses the creative contribution to the theory of imperatives and norms provided by 20th-century Polish researchers. The second component summarizes their reflections and considerations. The third component is an anthology of the classic writings of Polish authors of the time; it constitutes an illustration of the first part and indicates that their research covered practically the whole scope of this theory. Author Jacek Jadacki (born 1946) is professor at Warsaw University. His



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