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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521336112

ISBN-139780521336116

eBay Product ID (ePID)567808

Product Key Features

Number of Pages202 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameImportance of What Wecare about : Philosophical Essays

Publication Year1988

SubjectGeneral

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy

AuthorHarry G. Frankfurt

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN87-026941

Reviews'Harry G. Frankfurt is one of the great philosophers of our time. For those who lament that contemporary academic philosophy has become too technical and detached from basic questions of human meaning and value, . . .[On Bullshit is] a breath of fresh air.' Robert George, Princeton University, Princeton Alumni Weekly, "Harry Frankfurt is one of the great philosophers of our time. For those who lament that contemporary academic philosophy has become too technical and detached from basic questions of human meaning and value, this small, readable book is a breath of fresh air." Robert George, Princeton University, Princeton Alumni Weekly

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal128

Table Of ContentPreface; Sources; 1. Alternate possibilities and moral responsibility; 2. Freedom of the will and the concept of a person; 3. Coercion and moral responsibility; 4. Three concepts of free action; 5. Identification and externality; 6. The problem of action; 7. The importance of what we care about; 8. What we are mortally responsible for; 9. Necessity and desire; 10. On bullshit; 11. Equality as a moral ideal; 12. Identification and wholeheartedness; 13. Rationality and the unthinkable.

SynopsisThis 1988 volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. The essays deal with such central topics as freedom of the will, moral responsibility, the concept of a person, the structure of the will, the nature of action, the constitution of the self, and the theory of personal ideals. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is able to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life., This volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. The essays deal with such central topics as freedom of the will, moral responsibility, the concept of a person, the structure of the will, the nature of action, the constitution of the self, and the theory of personal ideals. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is ale to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life., This 1988 volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is able to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.

LC Classification NumberB29 .F6923 1988