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This book covers a varied spectrum of ethical topics, ranging from the fundamental considerations regarding ethical values, to the rationale of obligation, and the ethical management of societal and personal affairs. Nicholas Rescher shows how fundamental general principles underpin the pragmatic stance we can appropriately take on questions of specific ethical detail. His work on these issues is pervaded by a certain pragmatic point of view. As the popular dictum has it, we humans come this way but once, with just a single lifetime available, to each one of us. Rescher argues that it is a matter of rational self-interest and ethical obligation to use this opportunity for doing something towards making the world a better home for ourselves and our posterity.

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Author:   Nicholas Rescher
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.473kg
ISBN:  

9783030520359

ISBN 10:   3030520358
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   06 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:           PERSONHOOD   Chapter 2:           THE ETHICAL IMPORT OF VALUE ATTRIBUTION   Chapter 3:           THE RATIONAL VALIDATION OF ETHICAL VALUES   Chapter 4:           RATIONALITY AND MORAL OBLIGATION   Chapter 5:           ON COMPROMISE AND OBLIGATION   Chapter 6:           MORAL LUCK   Chapter 7:           FAIRNESS PROBLEMS   Chapter 8:           ON THE ETHICS OF INACTION   Chapter 9:           ANCESTOR WORSHIP?   Chapter 10:         DISTANT POSTERITY (A PHILOSOPHICAL GLANCE ALONG TIME’S CORRIDOR)   Chapter 11:         IS THERE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN ETHICS?   Chapter 12:         AN ETHICAL PARADOX   Chapter 13:         COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY   Chapter 14:         ALLOCATING SCIENTIFIC CREDIT   Chapter 15:         MORALITY IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS   Chapter 16:         PROBLEMS OF BETTERMENT   Chapter 17:         SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN THEOLOGICAL ETHICS   Chapter 18:         PERFECTIBILITY PROBLEMS

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Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. In a productive research career extending over six decades, he has well over one hundred books to his credit. Fourteen books about Rescher’s philosophy have been published in five languages.

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