A theory of general ethics : human relationships, nature, and the built environment / / Warwick Fox
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| Autore: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (403 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 171/.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethics |
| Nature - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Architecture - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-381) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An integrated approach to ethics that covers interhuman ethics, the ethics of the natural environment (including animals), and the ethics of the built environment, and enables us to offer sensible and defensible answers to the widest possible range of eth. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A theory of general ethics |
| ISBN: | 1-282-09787-3 |
| 9786612097874 | |
| 0-262-27305-5 | |
| 1-4294-1608-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809030803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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