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Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory
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Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory Hardcover - 1990

by Gerald F. Gaus


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This important new book takes as its points of departure two questions: What is the nature of valuing? and What morality can be justified in a society that deeply disagrees on what is truly valuable? In Part One, the author develops a theory of value that attempts to reconcile reason with passions. Part Two explores how this theory of value grounds our commitment to moral action. The author argues that rational moral action can neither be seen as a way of simply maximising one's own values, nor derived from reason independent of one's values. Rather, our commitment to the moral point of view is presupposed by our value systems. The book concludes with a defense of liberal political morality.

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  • Title Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory
  • Author Gerald F. Gaus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 558
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1990
  • ISBN 9780521375252 / 0521375258
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.43 x 1.46 in (21.59 x 13.79 x 3.71 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Values, Ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89027088
  • Dewey Decimal Code 121.8
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. 8vo., 540pp.; VG/VG; spine white with blue and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; interior clean; text block clean; shelved philosophy. 1275504. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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