Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of PhilosophyJoel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau The Tenth Edition of this leading, topically-organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with careful attention to opposing points of view. |
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Page 683
... principle which may require lesser life prospects for some simply for the sake of a greater sum of advantages enjoyed by others . Since each desires to protect his interests , his capacity to advance his conception of the good , no one ...
... principle which may require lesser life prospects for some simply for the sake of a greater sum of advantages enjoyed by others . Since each desires to protect his interests , his capacity to advance his conception of the good , no one ...
Page 684
... Principle ] By way of general comment , these principles pri- marily apply , as I have said , to the basic structure of society . They are to govern the assignment of rights and duties and to regulate the distribution of social and ...
... Principle ] By way of general comment , these principles pri- marily apply , as I have said , to the basic structure of society . They are to govern the assignment of rights and duties and to regulate the distribution of social and ...
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... principles that requires us to satisfy the first principle before going on to consider the second principle ; once the first principle is satisfied , we can go on to attempt to satisfy the second principle . ( Also called serial order ...
... principles that requires us to satisfy the first principle before going on to consider the second principle ; once the first principle is satisfied , we can go on to attempt to satisfy the second principle . ( Also called serial order ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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