Facts, Values, and Morality

Name: Facts, Values, and Morality
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521578271
Price: 7700 KES
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ISBN: 9780521578271

by Richard B. Brandt

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521578272

ISBN-13 9780521578271

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 28th, 1996

Print length 332 Pages

Weight 490 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Ethics & moral philosophy Ethics and moral philosophy

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The focus of the book is how value judgments and moral belief can be justified. More generally, the book assesses different moral systems and theories of justice, and considers specific problems such as the optimal level of charity and the moral tenability of the criminal law.

Richard Brandt is one of the most influential moral philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. He is especially important in the field of ethics for his lucid and systematic exposition of utilitarianism. This new book represents in some ways a summation of his views and includes many useful applications of his theory. The focus of the book is how value judgments and moral belief can be justified. More generally, the book assesses different moral systems and theories of justice, and considers specific problems such as the optimal level of charity and the moral tenability of the criminal law. This book will be essential reading for all professional philosophers concerned with ethics, and will prove helpful to students as well.

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