Persons and Values: Selected PapersVolume II - Hardcover

Mackie, J. L.

 
9780198246787: Persons and Values: Selected PapersVolume II
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198246781 ISBN 13: 9780198246787
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1985

Synopsis

This collection of John Mackie's papers on personal identity and topics in moral and political philosophy, some of which have not previously been published, deal with such issues as: multiple personality; the transcendental "I"; responsibility and language; aesthetic judgements; Sidgwick's pessimism; act-utiliarianism; right-based moral theories; cooperation, competition, and moral philosophy; universalization; rights, utility, and external costs; norms and dilemmas; Parfit's population paradox; and the combination of partially-ordered preferences.

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About the Author

John Leslie Mackie (1917-1981) was a philosopher who made significant contributions to the fields of ethics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. A professor of philosophy at the universities of Sydney, Otago, New Zealand, and York, he was elected a fellow of the University of Oxford in 1967 and to the British Academy in 1974.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198246781
ISBN 13 
9780198246787
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
266
Editor
Mackie Joan And Penelope