LEADER 02582nam 2200577 450 001 9910459061203321 005 20211005030918.0 010 $a1-4411-5490-6 010 $a1-282-87379-2 010 $a9786612873799 010 $a1-4411-2891-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056063 035 $a(EBL)601659 035 $a(OCoLC)676697179 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601659 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6163579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3003004 035 $a(OCoLC)928191433 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056063 100 $a20200722d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPersonal responsibility $ewhy it matters /$fAlexander Brown 210 1$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aThink now 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84706-398-5 311 $a1-84706-399-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: What is Personal Responsibility?; Chapter 3: What Do Philosophers Think? Part I; Chapter 4: What Do Philosophers Think? Part II; Chapter 5: What Do Politicians Think?; Chapter 6: What Do Ordinary People Think?; Chapter 7: Four Contemporary Issues in Focus; Chapter 8: So How Do We Decide?; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aPersonal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it?. This book explores the idea that individuals bear a special responsibility for the success or failure of their own lives looking at philosophical theories, political ideologies and public opinion on the subject. Alexander Brown lends support to a recent move in political philosophy to deal with real world problems and shows how philosophy can contribute to public democratic debate on pressing issues of perso 410 0$aThink now. 606 $aResponsibility 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aResponsibility. 676 $a170 700 $aBrown$b Alexander$f1974 December 27-$0962745 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459061203321 996 $aPersonal responsibility$92485252 997 $aUNINA