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Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson

Bibliographic Data

ID8124995
AuthorsAnthony Byrne (0000-0003-3652-1492, corresponding author), Judith Jarvis Thomson, Robert Stalnaker, Ralph Wedgwood, Ruth Wedgwood (0000-0003-1391-2407)
Year2001
Pages236
Publication date2001-04-13
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFact and Value (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1604/9780262024983
OpenAlexW2113385966
Open LibraryOL6788884M
ISBN9780262024983
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The diversity of topics discussed in this book reflects the breadth of Judith Jarvis Thomson's philosophical work. Throughout her long career at MIT, Thomson's straightforward approach and emphasis on problem-solving have shaped philosophy in significant ways. Some of the book's contributions discuss specific moral and political issues such as abortion, self-defense, the rights and obligations of prospective fathers, and political campaign finance. Other contributions concern the foundations of moral theory, focusing on hedonism, virtue ethics, the nature of nonconsequentialism, and the objectivity of moral claims. Finally, contributions in metaphysics and epistemology discuss the existence of sets, the structures reflected in conditional statements, and the commitments of testimony. Contributors: Jonathan Bennett, Richard L. Cartwright, Joshua Cohen, N. Ann Davis, Catherine Z. Elgin, Gilbert Harman, Barbara Herman, Frances Myrna Kamm, Claudia Mills, T.M. Scanlon, Ernest Sosa

Epistemology · Metaphysics · Objectivity (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Value theory · Virtue · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Ethics · Law · Philosophy