P F Strawson, Jonathan Dancy

Gebundenes Buch

Lectures on Ethics, 1946

Beschreibung

This volume presents a series of lectures given by P. F. Strawson in the autumn term of 1946. The lectures contain the germ of Strawson's developed thought on freedom, moral attitudes, and ethical ideals, with an unusual level of attention being paid to contemporary psychological research.

Autor

P. F. Strawson (1919-2006) was a professor at Oxford from 1968 to 1987. Prior to that, he taught at University of Wales, Bangor in the academic year 1946-47. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1960, became a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences in 1971, and was an Honorary Fellow of St John's, University, and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. Strawson was knighted in 1977 for his outstanding contribution to philosophy. His influential works include Individuals (1959), The Bounds of Sense (1966), and Freedom and Resentment (1974). Jonathan Dancy is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780198931164
• ISBN-10: 0198931166
• Artikelnr.: 73221443