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Platonistic and disenchanting theories of ethics / Hugh S. Chandler.

Author/creator Chandler, Hugh Storer, 1930-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Descriptionix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Contents Disenchanted ethics -- Introduction to disenchantment theory -- Utility theory -- Pleasure and pain -- Brutes and hobbots -- Rational decision making -- 'One shot' PD -- Iterated PD -- Hobbot rationality -- General comments on disenchanting theories -- Platonistic and reductive realists -- Trees and brutes -- Accountability and goodness -- Knaves or fools -- The pirate -- Reductive realism -- Superfluous explanation -- Moral zombies -- Epistemic problems.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006022709
ISBN0820488585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820488585 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1251 .C472 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold