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29 produkter
Desert Collapses
Why No One Deserves Anything
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false.At the heart of desert is …
Desert Collapses
Why No One Deserves Anything
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false.At the heart of desert is …
Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense?
Abortion, Hell, and Violence Against Abortion Doctors
Häftad, 2019
706 kr
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This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity. These issues are important because major religious branches (for example, Catholicism and some large branches of Evangelicalism) and leading politicians assert, or are committed to, the following: (a) it …
Desert and Virtue
A Theory of Intrinsic Value
Inbunden, 2009
1350 kr
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Desert and Virtue: A Theory of Intrinsic Value presents a comprehensive examination of desert and what makes people deserve things. Stephen Kershnar demonstrates how desert relates to virtue, good deeds, moral responsibility, and personal change and growth through the life process. He persuasively …
Gratitude toward Veterans
Why Americans Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans
Inbunden, 2014
1350 kr
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Americans are very grateful to veterans. Veterans are celebrated via speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contrary to this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar argues that U.S. citizens should not …
Desert, Retribution, and Torture
Häftad, 2001
926 kr
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On some accounts, punishment is justified by the good results that it brings about. In particular, punishment deters, incapacitates, and may, in some cases, rehabilitate criminals. On a retributivist theory, punishment is not justified on the basis of these desirable results, but rather on the fact …
Sex, Discrimination, and Violence
Surprising and Unpopular Results in Applied Ethics
Häftad, 2009
615 kr
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Sex, Discrimination, and Violence is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Stephen Kershnar investigates three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. In his discussion of sex, he concludes …
Sex, Discrimination, and Violence
Surprising and Unpopular Results in Applied Ethics
E-bok, 2009
670 kr
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Sex, Discrimination, and Violence is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Stephen Kershnar investigates three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. In his discussion of sex, he concludes …
Justice for the Past
Inbunden, 2004
1324 kr
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Examines whether race-based programs and slavery reparations are justified.Among the most controversial issues in the United States is the question of whether public or private agencies should adopt preferential treatment programs or be required to pay reparations for slavery. Using a carefully …
Desert Collapses
Why No One Deserves Anything
E-bok, 2021
762 kr
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People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false. At the heart of desert is …
Desert Collapses
Why No One Deserves Anything
E-bok, 2021
746 kr
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People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false. At the heart of desert is …
Responsibility Collapses
Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible
E-bok, 2023
831 kr
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Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on …
Responsibility Collapses
Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible
E-bok, 2023
813 kr
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Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on …
Responsibility Collapses
Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on …
Responsibility Collapses
Why Moral Responsibility is Impossible
Inbunden, 2023
2513 kr
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Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a good thing. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this conclusion that build on …
Morality Collapses
Against the Right and the Good
E-bok, 2025
813 kr
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This book argues that consequentialism and non-consequentialism are false because they face metaphysical and intuitional problems. The two theories exhaust the theories of the right, so there is no rightness. This result matters because it requires us to give up widely held beliefs regarding …
Morality Collapses
Against the Right and the Good
E-bok, 2025
813 kr
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This book argues that consequentialism and non-consequentialism are false because they face metaphysical and intuitional problems. The two theories exhaust the theories of the right, so there is no rightness. This result matters because it requires us to give up widely held beliefs regarding …
Morality Collapses
Against the Right and the Good
Häftad, 2026
706 kr
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This book argues that consequentialism and non-consequentialism are false because they face metaphysical and intuitional problems. The two theories exhaust the theories of the right, so there is no rightness.This result matters because it requires us to give up widely held beliefs regarding …
Morality Collapses
Against the Right and the Good
Inbunden, 2025
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book argues that consequentialism and non-consequentialism are false because they face metaphysical and intuitional problems. The two theories exhaust the theories of the right, so there is no rightness.This result matters because it requires us to give up widely held beliefs regarding …
God Collapses
Theism and Moral Responsibility
Av Stephen Kershnar, Nathan Bray
Inbunden, 2026
2478 kr
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Many worldviews assume that God exists and is the greatest possible being. Religious traditions, philosophical arguments, and billions of believers hold that God is perfectly good, all-knowing, and all-powerful. This book argues that this worldview is false. It provides four arguments for this …
Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense?
Abortion, Hell, and Violence Against Abortion Doctors
Inbunden, 2017
2513 kr
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This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity. These issues are important because major religious branches (for example, Catholicism and some large branches of Evangelicalism) and leading politicians assert, or are committed to, the following: (a) it …
Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense?
Abortion, Hell, and Violence Against Abortion Doctors
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity. These issues are important because major religious branches (for example, Catholicism and some large branches of Evangelicalism) and leading politicians assert, or are committed to, the following: (a) it …
Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense?
Abortion, Hell, and Violence Against Abortion Doctors
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity. These issues are important because major religious branches (for example, Catholicism and some large branches of Evangelicalism) and leading politicians assert, or are committed to, the following: (a) it …
Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex
A Philosophical Analysis
Häftad, 2017
630 kr
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This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult–child sex and pedophilia. It looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.
Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex
A Philosophical Analysis
Inbunden, 2015
1282 kr
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This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult–child sex and pedophilia. It looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.
Total Collapse: The Case Against Responsibility and Morality
Häftad, 2019
989 kr
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This book argues that there is no morality and that people are not morally responsible for what they do. In particular, it argues that what people do is neither right nor wrong and that they are neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy for doing it. Morality and moral responsibility lie at the heart of …
Total Collapse: The Case Against Responsibility and Morality
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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This book argues that there is no morality and that people are not morally responsible for what they do. In particular, it argues that what people do is neither right nor wrong and that they are neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy for doing it. Morality and moral responsibility lie at the heart of …
Total Collapse: The Case Against Responsibility and Morality
E-bok, 2018
1296 kr
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This book argues that there is no morality and that people are not morally responsible for what they do. In particular, it argues that what people do is neither right nor wrong and that they are neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy for doing it. Morality and moral responsibility lie at the heart of …
Justice for the Past
Häftad, 2004
398 kr
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Examines whether race-based programs and slavery reparations are justified.Among the most controversial issues in the United States is the question of whether public or private agencies should adopt preferential treatment programs or be required to pay reparations for slavery. Using a carefully …
