Being and Worth (Paperback)

This text extends depth-realist philosophy to the question of values. It argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognize it or not. This view is defended through an account of the human mind as essentially concerned with that of which it is independent. The book builds on Roy Bhaskar's proof that facts can entail values, and it aims to repeat in the realm of ethics his argument that experiment and change in science show that there is a depth-dimension of real structures in nature and society. This it does by a partial defence and immanent critique of Spinoza's philosophy of mind and ethics. It argues that reason is a principle in humankind which is not human-centred, but takes us out of ourselves to value beings for what they are. This leads in the end to an ethics which owes more to St Augustine than to Spinoza, in that it rests on the idea that "being as being is good", though not all beings are equally good. Several obvious objections to this view are answered. Conclusions follow both for environmental ethics - that natural beings should be valued for themselves, not just for their use to us - and for justice in the human wo

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Realism: Interventions Routledge Critical Realism
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Andrew Collier
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-20736-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-20736-3
Barcode:	9780415207362

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