Studies in Social Philosophy
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Studies in Social Philosophy

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Studies in Social Philosophy

About this book

Nicholas Rescher's interest in issues of social philosophy, now dating back over forty years, have resulted in four previous books: Distributive Justice (New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1966), Welfare: the Social Issues on Philosophical Perspective (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972), Public Concerns (Lanham, MI: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996), and Fairness (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2002). Additionally, however, he has during this time also written more than a dozen essays on various particular problems and issues of this domain-usually in response to the needs of some special occasion. The aim of the present volume is to collect this material together in coordinative conjunction. The resultant book will not only offer a panorama of Rescher's views on some of the key issues of the field, but also convey a sense of the procedural ways and means by which Rescher think that philosophical deliberations can serve to shed some instructive light on such ever-controversial matters. For Rescher is convinced in theory and has sought to illustrate in practice that constructive thinking in this domain calls for implementing a quantitative approach from a moral perspective, and that neither the measurable quantities not the intangible values of the situation can be overlooked in a cogent assessment of the issues. It is his hope that these essays will confirm the justice of this conviction.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783110325393
eBook ISBN
9783110326369
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Deconstruction in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. PREFACE
  3. Chapter 1: TECHNOLOGY, COMPLEXITY, ANDSOCIAL DECISION
  4. Chapter 2: RISKING DEMOCRACY
  5. Chapter 3: IS CONSENSUS REQUIRED FOR ARATIONAL SOCIAL ORDER?
  6. Chapter 4: MORALITY IN GOVERNMENT ANDPOLITICS
  7. Chapter 5: ON THE RATIONALE OFGOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
  8. Chapter 6: SOCIAL WELFARE:SOME PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES
  9. Chapter 7: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
  10. Chapter 8: THE BELL CURVE REVISITED
  11. Chapter 9: IN THE LINE OF DUTY
  12. Chapter 10: TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS ANDHUMAN HAPPINESS
  13. Chapter 11: THE SOCIAL VALUE OF A LIFE
  14. Chapter 12: THE ALLOCATION OF EXOTICMEDICAL LIFESAVING THERAPY
  15. Chapter 13: ETHICAL ISSUES REGARDINGTHE DELIVERY OF HEALTH-CARESERVICES
  16. Chapter 14: MORAL ISSUES RELATING TO THEECONOMICS OF NEW KNOWLEDGE INTHE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
  17. Name Index