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Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3
David Lewis
出版Cambridge University Press, 2000
主題Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyPhilosophy / PoliticalPhilosophy / Social
ISBN05215878679780521587860
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nPYKLWQ8o80C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This third volume of Lewis's papers is devoted to his work in ethics and social philosophy. Topics covered include the logic of obligation and permission; decision theory and its relation to the idea that beliefs might play the motivating role of desires; a subjectivist analysis o f value; dilemmas in virtue ethics; the problem of evil; problems about self-prediction; social coordination, linguistic and otherwise; alleged duties to rescue distant strangers; toleration as a tacit treaty; nuclear warfare; and punishment. The purpose of this collection, and the two preceding volumes, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher.