Agent-centered Morality

Agent-centered Morality
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 0520216903
ISBN-13 : 9780520216907
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Book Synopsis Agent-centered Morality by : George W. Harris

Download or read book Agent-centered Morality written by George W. Harris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A very fine piece of work, essential reading for anyone concerned with Kant, Aristotelian ethics, practical reason, and more generally, the foundations of moral value and justification. . . . The examples are a real strength, insightful and very well-chosen."--Anthony Cunningham, St. John's University "The issues Harris has taken on are among the most important in contemporary moral thinking, and he has handled them systematically, innovatively, wisely, with wit and good sense."--J. K. Swindler, Wittenberg University


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