TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moutafakis,Nicholas J.
TI  - Rescher on Rationality, Values, and Social Responsibility: a Philosophical Portrait
T2  - Reading Rescher
SN  - 9783110329070
AV  - B945 .R454 M698 2007
U1  - 191 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - De Gruyter
KW  - Rescher, Nicholas
KW  - Rescher, Nicholas.
KW  - Philosophers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philosophes
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - History & Surveys
KW  - Modern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Foreword; PREFACE; Introduction; Chapter 1On Rationality and Its Predicaments; Chapter 2The Evolving Nature of Personhood; Chapter 3Rescher's General Concept of"E-value-ation"; Chapter 4Rescher On DistributiveJustice and Utilitarianism; Chapter 5Quantifying Preference and Practical Action; Chapter 6Personhood and the Absolute Natureof Morality; Chapter 7On the Commonalities and Limitations ofScepticism and Relativism; Chapter 8The Morality of SocialResponsibility; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Name Index
N2  - Nicholas Rescher stands as a major figure in American Philosophy today. His philosophical contribution, ranging over fifty years, is marked by a profound respect for the fate of the human condition in a world of unparalleled scientific and technological innovation. This work brings under the centrally unifying theme of 'rationality' some of the issues on values and personal responsibility he has addressed during his long and distinguished career. The book is intended to illustrate the synthesis of Rescher's thinking relative to these ideas, as expounded upon for many decades
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