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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Owens (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Kings College, London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.556kg ISBN: 9780192896124ISBN 10: 0192896121 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 01 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface PART 1: FOUNDATIONS 1: Rehabilitating Conventionalism 2: The Value of Obligation 3: Convention in Action 4: Relativism About Obligation? PART 2: SOCIAL FORMS 5: Competitions 6: The Family 7: Private Property 8: Truthfulness 9: Privacy and Public Space Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsA strikingly original and philosophically challenging book, both in the sense that it must be read with care and that it challenges much received wisdom in moral theory. * Liam Murphy, Jurisprudence * David Owens's Bound by Convention: Obligation and Social Rules is an original and stimulating defense of the intrinsic value of social convention. * Jeff Kaplan, Ethics * Owens book undoubtedly constitutes an important contribution to a strangely neglected topic in recent philosophical work, namely the role of conventions in shaping our rights and obligations. * Laura Valentini, Mind * Author InformationDavid Owens is Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, London. He has held visiting appointments at All Souls College, Oxford, Yale University, London University, Sydney University, New York University, and the University of Lublin. He is the author of three books: Shaping the Normative Landscape (2012); Reason Without Freedom(2000); Causes and Coincidences (1992); and a collection of papers Normativity and Control (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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