Sentience and sensibility : a conversation about moral philosophy /

Sentience and sensibility : a conversation about moral philosophy /

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Author / Creator:Silliman, Matthew R., 1956-
Imprint:Las Vegas, Nev. : Parmenides Pub., 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 327 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Ethics.
Values.
Ethics.
Values.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140051
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ISBN:9781930972513
1930972512
1282256106
9781282256101
9781930972070
1930972075
9786612256103
6612256109
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
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Summary:Sentience and Sensibility is a dialogue that engages a number of issues in moral theory in a rigorous and original manner, while remaining accessible to students and other nonspecialist readers.
Other form:Print version: Silliman, Matthew R., 1956- Sentience and sensibility. Las Vegas, Nev. : Parmenides Pub., 2006 9781930972070
Table of Contents:
  • Original value
  • Value incrementalism
  • A normative proposal
  • Valuing development
  • The many faces of value
  • Direct and indirect moral considerability
  • Affirming moral theories
  • Ethical vegetarianism?
  • The possibility of an environmental ethic
  • Racism and moral perfectionism
  • The bankruptcy of moral relativism.

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