Distinctions Of Reason And Reasonable Distinctions
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Distinctions Of Reason And Reasonable Distinctions
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Author : Jason M. Rampelt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-07-22
Distinctions Of Reason And Reasonable Distinctions written by Jason M. Rampelt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-22 with Philosophy categories.
An intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford. Despite war, church upheaval, and a revolution in science, Wallis advanced mathematics and natural philosophy within the university, bridging old and new.
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Law categories.
Agency And Responsibility
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Author : Jeanette Kennett
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2001-01-04
Agency And Responsibility written by Jeanette Kennett and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-04 with Philosophy categories.
Is it ever possible for people to act freely and intentionally against their better judgement? Is it ever possible to act in opposition to one's strongest desire? If either of these questions are answered in the negative, the common-sense distinctions between recklessness, weakness of will and compulsion collapse. This would threaten our ordinary notion of self-control and undermine our practice of holding each other responsible for moral failure. So a clear and plausible account of how weakness of will and self-control are possible is of great practical significance. Taking the problem of weakness of will as her starting point, Jeanette Kennett builds an admirably comprehensive and integrated account of moral agency which gives a central place to the capacity for self-control. Her account of the exercise and limits of self-control vindicates the common-sense distinction between weakness of will and compulsion and so underwrites our ordinary allocations of moral responsibility. She addresses with clarity and insight a range of important topics in moral psychology, such as the nature of valuing and desiring, conceptions of virtue, moral conflict, and the varieties of recklessness (here characterised as culpable bad judgement) - and does so in terms which make their relations to each other and to the challenges of real life obvious. Agency and Responsibility concludes by testing the accounts developed of self-control, moral failure, and moral responsibility against the hard cases provided by acts of extreme evil.
Civil Rights Digest
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Civil Rights Digest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Civil rights categories.
Powers Of Distinction
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Author : Nancy Levene
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-12-06
Powers Of Distinction written by Nancy Levene and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-06 with Religion categories.
In this major new work, philosopher of religion Nancy Levene examines the elemental character of religion and modernity. Deep in their operating systems, she argues, are dualisms of opposition and identity that cannot be reconciled with the forms of life they ostensibly support. These dualisms are dead ends, but they conceal a richer position—another kind of dualism constitutive of mutual relation. This dualism is difficult to distinguish and its concept of relation difficult to commit to. It risks contention and even violence. But it is also the indispensable support for modernity’s most innovative ideals: democracy, criticism, and interpretation. In readings from Abraham to the present, Levene recovers this richer dualism in its difference from the alternatives—other dualisms, nondualism, multiplication. From Abraham we get the biblical call to give up tribal belonging for a promised land of covenantal relation. Yet modernity, inclusive of this call, is also the principle that critiques the promise when it divides self from other, us from them. Drawing on a long tradition of thinkers and scholars even as she breaks new ground, Levene offers here nothing less than a new way of understanding modernity as an ethical claim about our world, a philosophy of the powers of distinction to include rather than to divide.
The Origin Of The Distinction Of Ranks Or An Inquiry Into The Circumstances Which Give Rise To Influence And Authority In The Different Members Of Society
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Author : John Millar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1793
The Origin Of The Distinction Of Ranks Or An Inquiry Into The Circumstances Which Give Rise To Influence And Authority In The Different Members Of Society written by John Millar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1793 with Anthropology categories.
The Meaning Of Religious Freedom
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Author : Franklin I. Gamwell
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1995-02-01
The Meaning Of Religious Freedom written by Franklin I. Gamwell and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-02-01 with Philosophy categories.
The endorsement of religious freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States represents a modern revolution in the relation between politics and religion. In American politics there has been continual disagreement about the meaning of this constitutional principle, and widely-held views of religious freedom include much philosophical confusion. This book shows how a plurality of religious convictions can be politically united only by a free debate among different religious convictions. The author demonstrates that religious freedom is a coherent political principle, and that this principle is the defining democratic commitment because all other political principles should be subject to assessment by the same free debate characterizing religious freedom. This book identifies the meaning of an authentically democratic constitution and the civility required of democratic citizens.
Language Intelligence And Thought
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Author : Robin Barrow
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-03
Language Intelligence And Thought written by Robin Barrow and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with Philosophy categories.
In this text, first published in 1993, Barrow decisively rejects the traditional assumption that intelligence has no educational significance and contends instead that intelligence is developed by the enlargement of understanding. Arguing that much educational research is driven by a concept of intelligence that has no obvious educational relevance, Dr Barrow suggests that this is partly due to a widespread lack of understanding about the nature and point of philosophical analysis, and partly due to a failure to face up to the value judgements that are necessarily involved in analysing a concept such as intelligence. If intelligence is to be of educational significance, it must be understood in terms that allow it to be educable. Written by a philosopher of education, this study offers a reasoned and extended argument in favour of an original view of philosophical analysis. It focuses on the issue of intelligence from a philosophical perspective. It should be of interest to students of education, philosophy and the philosophy of education alike.
Equality Discrimination And The Law
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Author : Michael Connolly
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-01-06
Equality Discrimination And The Law written by Michael Connolly and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Law categories.
In identifying a number of ‘fuzzy border’ cases (notably where pensionable age, pregnancy, residence, and marriage, are proxies for unlawful discrimination), Equality, Discrimination and the Law argues that the traditional notions of discrimination and victimisation are inadequate to implement equality policy and cannot represent fully the reality of discriminatory practices. When Mr and Mrs James - each aged 61 - went swimming, Mr James was charged for entry, while Mrs James was admitted free. The reason was that the local authority offered free swimming to those of ‘pensionable age’ (at the time, 65 for men and 60 for women). The House of Lords found that Mr James had suffered direct sex discrimination. This majority plurality decision indicated that sometimes a given set of facts does not neatly accord to traditional definitions of discrimination. This in turn encourages the judiciary to shape the law to fit the facts, which results in an inconsistent body of law full of ‘fuzzy borders’. Starting with the James case, this book investigates a number of ‘fuzzy border’ cases in the EU and UK based on nationality discrimination, notions of indirect discrimination, pregnancy and sex discrimination, marriage and sexual orientation discrimination, perceived discrimination, and victimisation. The argument concludes that fixed notions such as ‘direct and indirect discrimination are mutually exclusive’ do not stand up to scrutiny and that it must be recognised that the traditional concepts of discrimination and victimisation do not reflect the reality of practice. This work is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners in all EU and English-speaking jurisdictions, particularly post-graduates, Policy/Law-makers, and those on dedicated equality undergraduate courses.
Oxford Studies In Political Philosophy
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Author : David Sobel
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Political Ph
Release Date : 2015
Oxford Studies In Political Philosophy written by David Sobel and has been published by Oxford Studies in Political Ph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Philosophy categories.
This is the inaugural volume of 'Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy'. The series aims to publish some of the best contemporary work in the vibrant field of political philosophy and its closely related subfields, including jurisprudence, normative economics, political theory in political science departments, and just war theory.