Person, polis, planet
Subtitle: essays in applied philosophy
By: David Schmidtz.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780195365832
Subjects: Ethics; Applied philosophy
Description: This is a collection of 13 of David Schmidtz's essays on the question of what it takes to live a good life, given that we live in a social and natural world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Choosing strategies; title: Choosing ends; title: Reasons for altruism; title: What Nozick did for decision theory / with Sarah Wright; title: How to deserve; title: Moral dualism; title: Separateness, suffering, and moral theory; title: Diminishing marginal utility; title: Guarantees; title: The institution of property; title: Reinventing the commons : an African case study / with Elizabeth Willott; title: Natural enemies : an anatomy of environmental conflict; title: Are all species equal?