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Series Statement: The chemistry of heterocyclic compounds 8

Language: English

Subjects: Chemistry/Pharmacy

Keywords: Carbazolderivate ; Indolderivate

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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 354 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-57301-4

Content: Complicating the ancient debate over the intersection of morality and politics are diverse definitions of fundamental concepts: the right and the good, virtue and vice, personal liberty and public interest. Divisions abound, also, about whether politics should be held to a higher moral standard or whether pragmatic considerations or realpolitik should prevail. Perhaps the two poles are represented most conspicuously by Aristotle and Machiavelli. These essays address perennial concerns in political and moral theory and underscore the rekindled yearning of many to hold the political realm to a higher standard despite the skepticism of dissenters who question the likelihood or even the desirability of success.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , What's morality got to do with it? making the right distinctions / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Unauthorized humanitarian intervention / Mark S. Stein -- Thinking constitutionally: the problem of deliberative democracy / Stephen L. Elkin -- Representing ignorance / Russell Hardin -- Dual citizenship and American democracy: patriotism, national attachment, and national identity / Stanley A. Renshon -- Policy implications of zero discounting: an exploration in politics and morality / Tyler Cowen -- Reflections on espionage / Harvey Klehr -- Mr. Pinocchio goes to Washington: lying in politics / Robert Weissberg -- A subject of distaste; an object of judgment / John Haldane -- Against civic schooling / James Bernard Murphy -- Political morality as convention / Norman Barry -- Autonomy and empathy / Michael Slote -- God's image and egalitarian politics / George P. Fletcher -- Should political liberals be compassionate conservatives? philosophical foundations of the faith-based initiative / John Tomasi. , English

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Language: English

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511573019

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-52410-2

Content: The essays in this volume address questions about responsibility that arise in moral philosophy and legal theory. Some analyse different theories of causality, asking which theory offers the best account of human agency and the most satisfactory resolution of troubling controversies about free will and determinism. Some essays look at responsibility in the legal realm, seeking to determine how the law should assign liability for negligence, or whether the courts should allow defendants to offer excuses for their wrongdoing or to claim some form of 'diminished responsibility'. Other essays explore libertarian views about political freedom and accountability, asking whether libertarian positions on consent, contract law, and responsibility are consistent, or whether restitution is superior to retribution or deterrence as a basis for a theory of corrective justice. Still others examine the notion of partial or divided responsibility, or the relationship between responsibility and the emotions.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Causation and responsibility / Michael S. Moore -- Negligence / Kenneth W. Simons -- Responsibility and consent : the libertarian's problems with Freedom of Contract / Leo Katz -- The irrelevance of responsibility / Roderick T. Long -- On responsibility in science and law / John Staddon -- Responsibility and the abuse excuse / Michael Stocker -- Why citizens should vote : a causal responsibility approach / Alvin I. Goldman -- Institutionally divided moral responsibility / Henry S. Richardson -- Fate, fatalism, and agency in stoicism / Susan Sauvé Meyer -- Ultimate responsibility and dumb luck / Alfred R. Mele -- Taking responsibility for our emotions / Nancy Sherman , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-65450-5

Language: English

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511524103

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-55011-1

Content: A central idea in moral and political philosophy, 'autonomy' is generally understood as some form of self-governance or self-direction. Certain Stoics, modern philosophers such as Spinoza, and most importantly, Immanuel Kant, are among the great philosophers who have offered important insights on the concept. Some theorists analyze autonomy in terms of the self being moved by its higher-order desires. Others argue that autonomy must be understood in terms of acting from reason or from a sense of moral duty independent of the passions. Autonomy seems closely related to the notion of freedom, but in what sense: freedom from coercion, freedom from psychological constraints, or freedom from material necessity? Various approaches to these and similar questions yield different implications for public policy. Is capitalism, social democracy or socialism more favorable to autonomy? The essays in this volume address these important questions.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Stoic autonomy / , Autonomous autonomy: Spinoza on autonomy, perfectionism, and politics / , Kant on the theory and practice of autonomy / , How much should we value autonomy? / , Autonomy, duress, and coercion / , Autonomy and hierarchy / , Reason and autonomy / , Identification, the self, and autonomy / , Some tensions between autonomy and self-governance / , Autonomy from the viewpoint of teleological behaviorism / , The paradox of group autonomy / , Abortion, autonomy, and control over one's body / , Freedom as a political ideal / , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-53499-2

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550119

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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-55013-8

Content: Philosophers since ancient times have pondered how we can know whether moral claims are true or false. The first half of the twentieth century witnessed widespread skepticism concerning the possibility of moral knowledge. Indeed, some argued that moral statements lacked cognitive content altogether, because they were not susceptible to empirical verification. The British philosopher A. J. Ayer contends that 'They are pure expressions of feeling and as such do not come under the category of truth and falsehood. They are unverifiable ... because they do not express genuine propositions.' The second half of the twentieth century brought a revival of interest among philosophers in moral and political questions. Whether or not ethics can be founded upon a rational basis continues to preoccupy the philosophical community even now.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-00603-1

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550133

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Format: 1 online resource (XI, 424 p.)

ISBN: 9783110730944

Content: A much-maligned feature of ancient and medieval political thought is its tendency to appeal to nature to establish norms for human communities. From Aristotle's claim that humans are "political animals" to Aquinas' invocation of "natural law," it may seem that pre-modern philosophers were all too ready to assume that whatever is natural is good, and that just political arrangements must somehow be natural. The papers in this collection show that this assumption is, at best, too crude. From very early, for instance in the ancient sophists' contrast between nomos and physis, there was recognition that political arrangements may be precisely artificial, not natural, and it may be questioned whether even such supposed naturalists as Aristotle in fact adopt the quick inference from "natural" to "good." The papers in this volume trace the complex interrelations between nature and such concepts as law, legitimacy, and justice, covering a wide historical range stretching from Plato and the Sophists to Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy, Cicero, the Neoplatonists Plotinus and Porphyry, ancient Christian thinkers, and philosophers of both the Islamic and Christian Middle Ages.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Table of Contents -- , Introduction -- , Part I: Plato and Aristotle -- , Human Nature and Legal Norms: Antiphon the Sophist as Anonymous Target in Plato's Republic IX -- , Natural Born Philosophers -- , Normative Naturalism in Aristotle's Political Philosophy? -- , Whose State? Whose Nature? How Aristotle's Polis is 'Natural' -- , Aristotle on Freedom, Nature, and Law -- , Aristotle on the Rationality of Women: Consequences for Virtue and Practical Accountability -- , Part II: Hellenistic Philosophy -- , Cynic Origins of the Stoic Doctrine of Natural Law? -- , The Normativity of Nature in Epicurean Ethics and Politics -- , Nature and Psychology in Cicero's Republic -- , Unnatural Law: A Ciceronian Perspective -- , Natural Law and Casuistic Reasoning in Roman Jurisprudence -- , Part III: Late Antiquity -- , Human Nature and Normativity in Plotinus -- , On Justice in Porphyry's On Abstinence -- , Early Christian Philosophers on Society and Political Norms -- , Part IV: Medieval Philosophy -- , Against Nature: Two Critics of Naturalism in the Islamic World -- , "Like Ants in a Colony We Do Our Share": Political Animals in Medieval Philosophy -- , Ockham on Human Freedom and the Nature and Origin of Lordship -- , Index of Names -- , Index of Subjects , In English.

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Language: English

Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.1515/9783110730944

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110730944

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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-57071-6

Content: Recent and ongoing developments in science and technology - such as the prevention and treatment of disease through genetics and the development of increasingly sophisticated computer systems with wide-ranging applications - hold out the promise of vastly improving the quality of human life, but they can also raise serious ethical, legal, and public policy questions. The thirteen essays in this volume address these questions and related issues from a variety of perspectives. Written by prominent philosophers, economists, and legal theorists, these essays offer valuable insights into the nature of scientific innovation and its implications for our social policies and practices.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-58994-0

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570711

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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 319 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-57304-9

Content: With the collapse of communist totalitarianism, the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union face political instability and an uncertain economic future. The people of the region are struggling to emulate the success of the West by moving toward Western-style democracy and markets. The essays in this volume address the liberal transition currently underway. Some of them explore the models offered by political theorists to guide the course of reforms. Some discuss obstacles to change posed by existing attitudes, institutions and cultural traditions. Some examine the nature of liberalism itself, and consider whether democratic politics and free-market economics can coexist without undermining one another. Some offer alternatives to specific Western institutions, arguing that in certain cases it would be unwise for the East to follow the West. Addressing the issues from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this volume offer valuable insights into the nature of liberalism and the problems facing liberal reformers today.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-45724-6

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511573040

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Format: 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-57070-8

Content: The essays in this volume examine the nature of human flourishing and its relationship to a variety of other key concepts in moral theory. Some of them trace the link between flourishing and human nature, asking whether a theory of human nature can allow us to develop an objective list of goods that are of value to all agents, regardless of their individual purposes or aims. Some essays look at the role of friendships or parent-child relationships in a good life, or seek to determine whether an ethical theory based on human flourishing can accommodate concern for others for their own sake. Other essays analyze the function of families or other social-political institutions in promoting the flourishing of individuals. Still others explore the implications of flourishing for political theory, asking whether considerations of human flourishing can help us to derive principles of social justice.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Human flourishing and the appeal to human nature / , The three faces of flourishing / , Flourishing egoism / , The idea of a life plan / , Human flourishing versus desire satisfaction / , Happiness and human flourishing in Kant's ethics / , Valuing activity / , Ancient perfectionism and its modern critics / , Aristotle's elusive summum bonum / , Eudaimonism, love and friendship, and political community / , No families, no freedom : human flourishing in a free society / , Politics, neutrality, and the good / , Human flourishing and universal justice /

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-64471-2

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570704

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Format: 1 online resource (xiv, 448 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 0-511-57302-2

Content: These essays assess market liberal or libertarian political theory. They provide insights into the limits of government, develop market-oriented solutions to pressing social problems, and explore some defects in traditional libertarian theory and practice. Some of the essays deal with crucial theoretical issues, asking whether the promotion of citizens' welfare can serve as the justification for the establishment of government, or inquiring into the constraints on individual behavior that exist in a liberal social order. Some essays explore market liberal or libertarian positions on specific public policy issues, such as affirmative action, ownership of the airwaves, the provision of healthcare, or the regulation of food and drugs. Other essays look at property rights, the morality of profit-making, or the provision of public goods. Still others address libertarianism as a political movement, suggesting ways in which libertarians can reach out to those who do not share their views.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-64991-9

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511573026