David Owens (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, King

Broschiertes Buch

Bound by Convention

Obligation and Social Rules

Beschreibung

This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because their absence would impoverish our social world.

Autor

David Owens is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. He has held visiting appointments at All Souls College, Oxford, Yale University, London University, Sydney University, New York University, and the University of Lublin. He is the author of three books: Shaping the Normative Landscape (2012); Reason Without Freedom (2000); Causes and Coincidences (1992); and a collection of papers Normativity and Control (2017).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780198925927
• ISBN-10: 0198925921
• Artikelnr.: 71844415