Desert and virtue [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of intrinsic value / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Virtue
Values Reward (Ethics) Character Ethics Responsibility |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7391-3938-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A theory of intrinsic value -- The geometry of desert -- The time of intrinsic value -- The momentary theory of desert -- Desert and the principle of universality -- The ground of desert -- The building-block theory of virtue -- Virtuous attitudes -- Desert and responsibility. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465670703321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Desert and virtue [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of intrinsic value / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Virtue
Values Reward (Ethics) Character Ethics Responsibility |
ISBN | 0-7391-3938-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A theory of intrinsic value -- The geometry of desert -- The time of intrinsic value -- The momentary theory of desert -- Desert and the principle of universality -- The ground of desert -- The building-block theory of virtue -- Virtuous attitudes -- Desert and responsibility. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792185703321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Desert and virtue : a theory of intrinsic value / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Virtue
Values Reward (Ethics) Character Ethics Responsibility |
ISBN | 0-7391-3938-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A theory of intrinsic value -- The geometry of desert -- The time of intrinsic value -- The momentary theory of desert -- Desert and the principle of universality -- The ground of desert -- The building-block theory of virtue -- Virtuous attitudes -- Desert and responsibility. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814010103321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.9/06970973 |
Soggetto topico |
Veterans - United States
Civil-military relations - United States Gratitude |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7391-8579-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude. |
Altri titoli varianti | Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453943503321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.9/06970973 |
Soggetto topico |
Veterans - United States
Civil-military relations - United States Gratitude |
ISBN | 0-7391-8579-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude. |
Altri titoli varianti | Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791053203321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.9/06970973 |
Soggetto topico |
Veterans - United States
Civil-military relations - United States Gratitude |
ISBN | 0-7391-8579-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude. |
Altri titoli varianti | Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821617303321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice for the past [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.173 |
Collana | SUNY series in American constitutionalism |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Civil rights - United States
Women's rights - United States Minorities - Government policy - United States Women - Government policy - United States Affirmative action programs - United States African Americans - Reparations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7914-8515-3
1-4237-3980-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452117503321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice for the past [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.173 |
Collana | SUNY series in American constitutionalism |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Civil rights - United States
Women's rights - United States Minorities - Government policy - United States Women - Government policy - United States Affirmative action programs - United States African Americans - Reparations |
ISBN |
0-7914-8515-3
1-4237-3980-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777568103321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice for the past / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.173 |
Collana | SUNY series in American constitutionalism |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Civil rights - United States
Women's rights - United States Minorities - Government policy - United States Women - Government policy - United States Affirmative action programs - United States African Americans - Reparations |
ISBN |
0-7914-8515-3
1-4237-3980-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Justice for the Past -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION 1 -- Introduction -- SECTION 2: Civil Rights Laws -- 1. The Most Qualified Applicant -- PART 1. The Job Qualification -- PART 2. The Best Conception of a Job Qualification Yields at Most a Very Weak Reason to Favor a Meritocracy -- PART 3. Antidiscrimination Laws Cannot Be Justified by Meritocratic Concerns -- PART 4. Qualifications for Educational Institutions -- PART 5. Conclusion -- SECTION 3: Strong Affirmative Action -- 2. Strong Affirmative-Action Programs at State Institutions -- PART 1. Introduction -- PART 2. The Duty to Judge Persons According to Their Interests and Desert -- PART 3. Strong Affirmative-Action Programs at State Educational Institutions Cannot Be Justified via Compensatory Justice -- PART 4. Conclusion -- 3. Uncertain Damages to Racial Minorities and Strong Affirmative Action -- PART 1. The Hypothetical Imperative to Distribute Resources in a Just Manner -- PART 2. Compensatory Justice and the Assessment of Damages -- PART 3. Compensatory Justice and Inadequate Knowledge of Damages -- PART 4. We Do Not Have Adequate Knowledge of the Amount of Compensable Injury to Current Members of Some Racial Minority Groups -- PART 5. Conclusion -- SECTION 4: Reparations for Slavery -- 4. The Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations -- PART 1. Introduction -- PART 2. Slavery Did Not Harm the Descendants of Slaves -- PART 3. Compensation May Be Owed to the Descendants of Slaves As a Result of a Legitimate Inheritance Claim -- PART 4. Conclusion -- 5. Reject the Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations -- PART 1. Objections to the Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations -- PART 2. Who Owes Compensation? -- PART 3 Conclusion -- SECTION 5: Proper Respect -- 6. Intrinsic Moral Value and Racial Differences -- PART 1. The Expression of Equal Moral Value -- PART 2. The Argument.
PART 3. Implications of the Argument -- PART 4. Conclusion -- SECTION 6: Educational Diversity -- 7. Experiential Diversity -- PART 1. Grutter and Bakke -- PART 2. Experiential Diversity and Truth -- PART 3. A More General Approach to Diversity -- PART 4 Equal-Opportunity Arguments -- PART 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820369203321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pedophilia and adult-child sex : a philosophical analysis / / Stephen Kershnar |
Autore | Kershnar Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Pedophilia
Child sexual abuse |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4985-0445-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex; Pedophilia and Mental Disorder; The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Non-Forward-Looking Reasons; How Consent Works; Exploitation; The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Forward-Looking Reasons; Pedophilic Fantasies; Criminalization; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464083603321 |
Kershnar Stephen | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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