Selected Papers: Volume II: Persons and Values

J. L. Mackie

ISBN 10: 0198246781 / ISBN 13: 9780198246787

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 1985

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Papers: Volume II: Persons and Values
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198246781
• ISBN 13: 9780198246787
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 448 grams

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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.

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.