Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson

ISBN 10: 0262024985 / ISBN 13: 9780262024983

Published by Bradford Books, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson
• Publisher: Bradford Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262024985
• ISBN 13: 9780262024983
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The diversity of topics discussed in this book reflects the breadth of Judith Jarvis Thomson's philosophical work. Throughout her long career at MIT, Thomson's straightforward approach and emphasis on problem-solving have shaped philosophy in significant ways. Some of the book's contributions discuss specific moral and political issues such as abortion, self-defense, the rights and obligations of prospective fathers, and political campaign finance. Other contributions concern the foundations of moral theory, focusing on hedonism, virtue ethics, the nature of nonconsequentialism, and the objectivity of moral claims. Finally, contributions in metaphysics and epistemology discuss the existence of sets, the structures reflected in conditional statements, and the commitments of testimony.

Contributors: Jonathan Bennett, Richard L. Cartwright, Joshua Cohen, N. Ann Davis, Catherine Z. Elgin, Gilbert Harman, Barbara Herman, Frances Myrna Kamm, Claudia Mills, T.M. Scanlon, Ernest Sosa.

About the Author

Robert Stalnaker is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.