Robert Audi: 12 books
by Robert Audi
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
A central concern in recent ethical thinking is reasons for action and their relation to obligations, rights, and values. This collection of recent essays by Robert Audi presents an account of what reasons for action are, how they are related to obligation and rights, and how they figure in virtuous...
by Robert Audi
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions--distinctively moral responses? In this book, Robert Audi develops an original account of moral perceptions, shows how they figure in human experience, and argues that...
The Good in the Right
A Theory of Intuition and Intrinsic Value
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
This book represents the most comprehensive account to date of an important but widely contested approach to ethics--intuitionism, the view that there is a plurality of moral principles, each of which we can know directly. Robert Audi casts intuitionism in a form that provides a major alternative...
by Robert Audi
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
Presenting the most comprehensive and lucid account of the topic currently available, Robert Audi's "Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision" is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of reason in ethics or the nature of human action. The first part of the book is a detailed...
Means, Ends, and Persons
The Meaning and Psychological Dimensions of Kant's Humanity Formula
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
No one wants to be treated merely as a means-"used," in a sense. But just what is this repugnant treatment? Audi's point of departure is Kant's famous principle that we must treat persons as ends in themselves and never merely as means. Treatment of these kinds is conduct, a complex three-dimensional...
Religion in the Public Square
The Place of Religious Convictions in Political Debate
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This vigorous debate between two distinguished philosophers presents two views on a topic of worldwide importance: the role of religion in politics. Audi argues that citizens in a free democracy should distinguish religious and secular considerations and give them separate though related roles. Wolterstorff...
The Architecture of Reason
The Structure and Substance of Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2001
The literature on theoretical reason has been dominated by epistemological concerns, treatments of practical reason by ethical concerns. This book overcomes the limitations of dealing with each separately. It sets out a comprehensive theory of rationality applicable to both practical and theoretical...
by Kevin Aho, Robert Audi, Peter A. French
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
It is a platitude that most people, as they say, 'work to live' rather than 'live to work.' And in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, work weeks have expanded and the divide between work time and personal time has significantly blurred due to innovations in such things as electronic...
by Robert Audi
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Democratic states must protect the liberty of citizens and must accommodate both religious liberty and cultural diversity. This democratic imperative is one reason for the increasing secularity of most modern democracies. Religious citizens, however, commonly see a secular state as unfriendly toward...
Epistemology
A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rational Belief
Structure, Grounds, and Intellectual Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Rational Belief provides conceptions of belief and knowledge, offers a theory of how they are grounded, and connects them with the will and thereby with action, moral responsibility, and intellectual virtue. A unifying element is a commitment to representing epistemology-which is centrally concerned...
Epistemology
A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Epistemology, or “the theory of knowledge,” is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology...