Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3 (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)

by David Lewis

Ernest Sosa, Jonathan Dancy, John Haldane, Gilbert Harman, Frank Jackson, William G. Lycan, Sydney Shoemaker, and Judith Jarvis Thomson

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This volume is devoted to Lewis's 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 of 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. This collection, and the two preceding volumes, will disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher.
  • ISBN13 9780521582490
  • Publish Date 13 October 1999
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 268
  • Language English