Rational Commitment and Social Justice

Essays for Gregory Kavka
Herausgeber: Coleman, Jules L.; Morris, Christopher W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essays concerned with fundamental issues of rational commitment and social justice to which Kavka devoted his work as a philosopher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780521631792
• ISBN-10: 0521631793
• Artikelnr.: 29338773

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Introduction: the moral and political philosophy of Gregory Kavka Christopher W. Morris
1. Some personal memories Tyler Burge
2. The shadow of the future Brian Skyrms
3. A new paradox of deterrence Daniel M. Farrell
4. Rethinking the toxin puzzle David Gauthier
5. Toxin, temptation, and the stability of intention Michael E. Bratman
6. The toxin puzzle Gilbert Harman
7. Religion and morality in Hobbes Edwin Curley
8. Contemporary uses of Hobbes' political philosophy S. A. Lloyd
9. The knavish humean Jean Hampton
10. Some considerations in favour of contractualism Gary Watson
11. Justice, reasons and moral standing Christopher W. Morris
12. Wrongful life: paradoxes in the morality of causing people to exist Jeff McMahan
Gregory S. Kavka's writings.