The Act Itself
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Author | : Jonathan Bennett |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019823791X |
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The Act Itself offers a deeper understanding of what is going on in our own moral thoughts about human behaviour. Many of the descriptions of behaviour on which our moral thoughts are based are confused; others may be free of confusion, but still we are not clear in our minds about whatthoughts they are. That is would hurt her, it would be disloyal, it wouldn't be done with that intention, it would be dangerous, it would involve allowing harm but not Iproducing it--thoughts like these support our moral judgements and thus guide our lives. In so far as we do not deeply understandthem, this is a kind of servitude. As Locke said, 'He is the most enslaved who is so in his understanding.' Jonathan Bennett presents conceptual analysis as a means to getting more control of our thoughts and thus of our lives.
Author | : Jonathan Bennett |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780198237914 |
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Jonathan Bennett offers a deeper understanding of our own moral thoughts about human behaviour, showing how to use conceptual analysis to gain control of our thoughts, and our moral and intellectual lives.
Author | : David Burnham |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2015-01-13 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1497696860 |
Download A Law unto Itself Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is a fully documented inside examination of the Internal Revenue Service, in many ways the largest and most powerful of all federal agencies, and also the agency whose competent function is most essential to our democracy. The book’s appearance in 1989 sparked a public furor and major legislation attempting to redress the IRS’ many abuses of power, both political and bureaucratic. The book will be a relevant handbook as long as the agency remains a towering presence in American life.
Author | : American Bar Association. House of Delegates |
Publisher | : American Bar Association |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781590318737 |
Download Model Rules of Professional Conduct Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1823 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : |
Download An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Bentham's treatise on the foundations of law and government.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Civil law |
ISBN | : |
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Discusses morals' functions and natures that affect the legislation in general. Bases the discussions on pain and pleasure as basic principle of law embodiment. Mentions of the circumstance influencing sensibility, general human actions, intentionality, conciousness, motives, human dispositions, consequencess of mischievous act, case of punishment, and offences' division.
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0300128150 |
Download Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics. In it Kant searches for the supreme principle of morality and argues for a conception of the moral life that has made this work a continuing source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant’s work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. There are also four essays by well-known scholars that discuss Kant’s views and the philosophical issues raised by the Groundwork. J.B. Schneewind defends the continuing interest in Kantian ethics by examining its historical relation both to the ethical thought that preceded it and to its influence on the ethical theories that came after it; Marcia Baron sheds light on Kant’s famous views about moral motivation; and Shelly Kagan and Allen W. Wood advocate contrasting interpretations of Kantian ethics and its practical implications.
Author | : J. Budziszewski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 521 |
Release | : 2014-09-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1316060942 |
Download Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Natural moral law stands at the center of Western ethics and jurisprudence and plays a leading role in interreligious dialogue. Although the greatest source of the classical natural law tradition is Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law, the Treatise is notoriously difficult, especially for nonspecialists. J. Budziszewski has made this formidable work luminous. This book - the first classically styled, line-by-line commentary on the Treatise in centuries - reaches out to philosophers, theologians, social scientists, students, and general readers alike. Budziszewski shows how the Treatise facilitates a dialogue between author and reader. Explaining and expanding upon the text in light of modern philosophical developments, he expounds this work of the great thinker not by diminishing his reasoning, but by amplifying it.
Author | : Lon Luvois Fuller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Law and ethics |
ISBN | : 9788175341630 |
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Author | : Heidi M. Ravven |
Publisher | : New Press, The |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2014-09-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1595588000 |
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“Intertwines history, philosophy, and science . . . A powerful challenge to conventional notions of individual responsibility” (Publishers Weekly). Few concepts are more unshakable in our culture than free will, the idea that individuals are fundamentally in control of the decisions they make, good or bad. And yet the latest research about how the brain functions seems to point in the opposite direction . . . In a work of breathtaking intellectual sweep and erudition, Heidi M. Ravven offers a riveting and accessible review of cutting-edge neuroscientific research into the brain’s capacity for decision-making—from “mirror” neurons and “self-mapping” to surprising new understandings of group psychology. The Self Beyond Itself also introduces readers to a rich, alternative philosophical tradition of ethics, rooted in the writing of Baruch Spinoza, that finds uncanny confirmation in modern science. Illustrating the results of today’s research with real-life examples, taking readers from elementary school classrooms to Nazi concentration camps, Ravven demonstrates that it is possible to build a theory of ethics that doesn’t rely on free will yet still holds both individuals and groups responsible for the decisions that help create a good society. The Self Beyond Itself is that rare book that injects new ideas into an old debate—and “an important contribution to the development of our thinking about morality” (Washington Independent Review of Books). “An intellectual hand-grenade . . . A magisterial survey of how contemporary neuroscience supports a vision of human morality which puts it squarely on the same plane as other natural phenomena.” —William D. Casebeer, author of Natural Ethical Facts