The validity of values
Subtitle: a normative theory of evaluative rationality
By: Nicholas Rescher.
Series: A system of pragmatic idealism ;; v. 2
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Values.; Rationalism.; Ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-259) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: PART I: VALUES AND REASONS; value: One; value: The Reach of Reason; value: Two; value: Maximization, Optimization, and Rationality; value: Three; value: The Rationality of Values and Evaluations; value: PART II: SCIENCE AND HUMAN VALUES; value: Four; value: How Wide Is the Gap between Facts and Values?; value: Five; value: Values in the Face of Natural Science; value: PART III: VALUES AND HUMAN NATURE; value: Six; value: What Is a Person?; value: Seven; value: The Power of Ideals; value: Eight; value: The Meaning of Life; value: PART IV: VALUES AND MORALITY; value: Nine; value: Optimism and Pessimism; value: Ten; value: Moral Objectivity (Are There Moral Facts?); value: Eleven; value: Moral Values as Immune to Relativism; value: Twelve; value: Moral Rationality: Why Be Moral?; value: PART V: VALUES AND RATIONALITY; value: Thirteen; value: Rationality and Happiness; value: Fourteen; value: Values, Pragmatism, and Idealism; value: Bibliography; value: Name Index; value: Subject Index.