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UNINA9910963080003321 |
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Autore |
Hurka Thomas <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Drawing morals : essays in ethical theory / / Thomas Hurka |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2011] |
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0-19-933996-1 |
0-19-026754-2 |
1-283-42774-5 |
9786613427748 |
0-19-987670-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Normative ethics : back to the future -- Value and population size -- The well-rounded life -- Monism, pluralism, and rational regret -- How great a good is virtue? -- Two kinds of organic unity -- Asymmetries in value -- Why value autonomy? -- Desert : holistic and individualistic -- Virtuous act, virtuous disposition -- Games and the good -- Rights and capital punishment -- Two kinds of satisficing -- The justification of national partiality -- Proportionality in the morality of war. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume contains selected essays in moral and political philosophy by Thomas Hurka. The essays address a wide variety of topics, from the well-rounded life and the value of playing games to proportionality in war and the ethics of nationalism. They al |
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