{"product_id":"papers-in-ethics-and-social-philosophy-volume-3-paperback-9780521587860","title":"Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3 (Paperback) 9780521587860","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePapers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis third volume of Lewis's papers is devoted to his work in ethics and social philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Lewis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521587860, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 October 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume is devoted to Lewis's work in ethics and social philosophy. Topics covered include the logic of obligation and permission; decision theory and its relation to the idea that beliefs might play the motivating role of desires; a subjectivist analysis of value; dilemmas in virtue ethics; the problem of evil; problems about self-prediction; social coordination, linguistic and otherwise; alleged duties to rescue distant strangers; toleration as a tacit treaty; nuclear warfare; and punishment. This collection, and the two preceding volumes, will disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Semantic analyses for dyadic deontic logic\u003cbr\u003e 2. A problem about permission\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reply to McMichael\u003cbr\u003e 4. Why ain'cha rich?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Desire as belief I\u003cbr\u003e 6. Desire as belief II\u003cbr\u003e 7. Dispositional theories of value\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Trap's dilemma\u003cbr\u003e 9. Evil for freedom's sake?\u003cbr\u003e 10. Do we believe in penal substitution?\u003cbr\u003e 11. Convention: reply to Jamieson\u003cbr\u003e 12. Meaning without use: reply to Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e 13. Illusory innocence?\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mill and Milquetoast\u003cbr\u003e 15. Academic appointments: why ignore the advantage of being right?\u003cbr\u003e 16. Devil's bargains and the real world\u003cbr\u003e 17. Buy like a MADman, use like a NUT\u003cbr\u003e 18. The punishment that leaves something to chance\u003cbr\u003e 19. Scriven on human unpredictability (with Jane S. Richardson).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001811456280,"sku":"9780521587860","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521587860i_a5a4d2b3-d3f1-436c-a9c2-847f503aa00b.jpg?v=1691370108","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/papers-in-ethics-and-social-philosophy-volume-3-paperback-9780521587860","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}