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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Ethics |
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Routledge library editions. Ethics
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Respect for Persons as Ends -- 1. Ends -- 2. Rules, Principles and Attitudes -- 3. Attitudes -- 4. Persons -- 5. Respecting Persons -- 6. Objections -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter II. Respect for Persons and Public Morality -- 1. Public Morality -- 2. Utilitarianism -- 3. Moral Rules -- 4. Equality -- 5. Liberty -- 6. Fraternity -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter III. Respect for Persons and Private Morality -- 1. The Problem |
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2. The Senses of 'Private' -- 3. Current Views -- 4. Private Morality and the Virtues -- 5. Private Morality and Self-Realization -- 6. Private Morality as Obligatory -- 7. Private Morality and Duties to Self -- 8. Private Morality and Egoism -- 9. Self-Respect and Respect for Human Nature -- 10. Conclusion -- Chapter IV. Respect for Persons and Moral Responsibility -- 1. Respect, Responsibility and Purpose -- 2. Determinism -- 3. The Reducibility Thesis -- 4. The Compatibility Thesis -- 5. Purposive Explanation -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter V. Respect for Persons and Meta-Ethics |
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1. The Logical Status of 'Respect for Persons' -- 2. The Commitment Theory -- 3. Naturalism -- 4. Non-Naturalism -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1969, this book provides a sustained examination of the idea of the individual person as of supreme worth in the language of analytical philosophy. An important contribution to debates in moral philosophy, it will be of use to students in the philosophy of religion and education and to those who are interested in the contribution which philosophical analysis can make to the understanding of traditional moral and political ideas |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin : 1969 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
R.S. Downie |
| Subject |
Respect for persons.
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Respect for persons
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Telfer, Elizabeth, author.
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| ISBN |
9781000034752 |
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1000034755 |
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9781003021964 |
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1003021964 |
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9781000034738 |
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1000034739 |
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9781000034714 |
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1000034712 |
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