This book explores the nature of values, and the status of value studies, at the turn of the millennium. The contributors, nineteen philosophers from fourteen countries, introduce and defend an enriching variety of views regarding the present state and future prospects of value inquiry.
Contents:
ONE Robert GINSBERG: Value Inquiry as the Future of Philosophy
TWO Amihud GILEAD: What Does Value Inquiry Really Need for the Future?
THREE André MINEAU: Value Inquiry and Nazism: Some Considerations on Relativism and Ordinary Morality
FOUR C.L. SHENG: On the Transfer of Economic Value as Legacy or Gift
FIVE Dane GORDON: Value Inquiry, Not a Straightforward Business
SIX Frederick KRAENZEL: Natural Value and Artificial Immortality
SEVEN GERHOLD K. BECKER: In Search of Humanity. Human Dignity as a Basic Moral Attitude
EIGHT Jiang CHANG: Axiology and Ethics: Past, Present and Future
NINE John R. WELCH: Two Types of Moral Dilemma
TEN Jon MILLS: Homo homini lupus. Hegel and Freud on the Future of Humanity
ELEVEN Józef NIONIK: Arbitrariness and Sense
TWELVE L.D. KEITA: Value in Neoclassical Economic Theory: On Efficiency, Equity, and Human Welfare
THIRTEEN Matti HÄYRY: Happiness and the Friction of Moral Revolutions
FOURTEEN Minoru KITAMURA: Multiculturalism and Universal Values
FIFTEEN Mona ABOUSENNA: The problematic of Values in the Next Millennium
SIXTEEN Pio COLONELLO: Nihilism, Melancholy and Values: A Theoretical Approach.
SEVENTEEN Samantha BRENNAN: The Future and Value of Rights: Rights versus Responsibilities
EIGHTEEN William M. ROBB: Can Value Inquiry Be More Effective with Greater Philosophical Discipline?
NINETEEN William SWEET: Value Inquiry, Cultural Diversity, and Ecumenism
Contents:
ONE Robert GINSBERG: Value Inquiry as the Future of Philosophy
TWO Amihud GILEAD: What Does Value Inquiry Really Need for the Future?
THREE André MINEAU: Value Inquiry and Nazism: Some Considerations on Relativism and Ordinary Morality
FOUR C.L. SHENG: On the Transfer of Economic Value as Legacy or Gift
FIVE Dane GORDON: Value Inquiry, Not a Straightforward Business
SIX Frederick KRAENZEL: Natural Value and Artificial Immortality
SEVEN GERHOLD K. BECKER: In Search of Humanity. Human Dignity as a Basic Moral Attitude
EIGHT Jiang CHANG: Axiology and Ethics: Past, Present and Future
NINE John R. WELCH: Two Types of Moral Dilemma
TEN Jon MILLS: Homo homini lupus. Hegel and Freud on the Future of Humanity
ELEVEN Józef NIONIK: Arbitrariness and Sense
TWELVE L.D. KEITA: Value in Neoclassical Economic Theory: On Efficiency, Equity, and Human Welfare
THIRTEEN Matti HÄYRY: Happiness and the Friction of Moral Revolutions
FOURTEEN Minoru KITAMURA: Multiculturalism and Universal Values
FIFTEEN Mona ABOUSENNA: The problematic of Values in the Next Millennium
SIXTEEN Pio COLONELLO: Nihilism, Melancholy and Values: A Theoretical Approach.
SEVENTEEN Samantha BRENNAN: The Future and Value of Rights: Rights versus Responsibilities
EIGHTEEN William M. ROBB: Can Value Inquiry Be More Effective with Greater Philosophical Discipline?
NINETEEN William SWEET: Value Inquiry, Cultural Diversity, and Ecumenism