Oxford handbooks the oxford handbook of value theory

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Questions about value are important in many contexts. Value theory, or axiology, studies which things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-art overview of the debate in value theory.



Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad. Questions about value and about what is valuable are important to moral philosophers, since most moral theories hold that we ought to promote the good (even if this is not the only thing we ought to do). This Handbook focuses on value theory as it pertains to ethics, broadly construed, and provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates pertaining not only to philosophy but also to other disciplines-most notably, political theory and economics. The Handbook's twenty-two newly commissioned chapters are divided into three parts. Part I: Foundations concerns fundamental and interrelated issues about the nature of value and distinctions between kinds of value. Part II: Structure concerns formal properties of value that bear on the possibilities of measuring and comparing value. Part III: Extensions, finally, considers specific topics, ranging from health to freedom, where questions of value figure prominently.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 18 oktober 2018

Aantal pagina's: 458

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Hirose, Iwao

Hoofdredacteur: Iwao Hirose

Tweede Redacteur: Jonas Olson

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press Inc

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 244 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 168 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 244 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm

Verpakking lengte: 168 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 816 g

EAN: 9780190927028

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