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Value and Requirements by Bernt Osterman
An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of Value
An examination of the origin of value. The work's conceptual foundations are set out, and the ideas of von Wright, Mackie and Lewis are referred to. The application of value judgements to lives and to the world are analyzed, and argumentation is discussed.This book is an analytically oriented investigation into the problems of value theory and ethics. It develops a conceptual systematization of the notions of value, taking the concept of merit, explicated in terms of the degree to which something meets some requirements as basic. The origin of value is identified as the source of these requirements. Being completely general in its scope, the analysis offers a consistent picture of the field, where ethics is introduced by understanding its central concerns as related to the goodness of the world. A fresh approach to questions such as the relevance of arguments for value judgements, the relation between facts and values and the place of happiness in ethics is presented. |
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| Author(s) : Bernt Osterman | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1859720285 | ISBN-13 : 9781859720288 |
| RRP : £52.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Philosophy S.
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 19/04/1995
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing Group
Page Length : 202mm
Page Size : 159mm