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Focusing on Truth explores the question of what truth is, balancing
historical discussion with issue-orientated discussion. The book
offers a comprehensive survey of all the major theories of truth.
Dr Johnson investigates a number of closely related matters of
truth in his inquiry. What sorts of things are true or false? What
is attributed to them when they are said to be true or false? What
do facts have to do with truth? What can we learn from previous
theories? The book opens with an analysis of the coherence theory
of truth, and then the correspondence theory of truth, as developed
by Moore, Russell and Wittgenstein. Through a study of the semantic
questions of truth, the author reveals that an adequate theory of
truth must take account of the pragmatics of person, purpose and
circumstance. A full understanding of facts and truth bearers is
considered central to Johnson's criticism of the opposing truth
theories of J.L. Austin and P.F. Strawson. Drawing on the merits of
these theories and others, while identifying their deficiencies,
Johnson presents a new account of truth, based on the correlation
of referential foci and the use of linguistic conventions.
This book approaches bioethics on the basis of a conception of life
and what is needed for the affirmation of its quality in the most
encompassing sense. Lawrence E. Johnson applies this conception to
discussions of controversial issues in bioethics including
euthanasia, abortion, cloning, and genetic engineering. His
emphasis is not on providing definitive solutions to all bioethical
issues but on developing an approach to coping with them that can
also help us deal with new issues as they emerge. The foundation of
this discussion is an extensive examination of the nature of the
self and its good and of various approaches to ethics. His bioethic
is integrally related to his well-known work on environmental
philosophy. The book also applies these principles on an individual
level, offering a user-friendly discussion of how to deal with
ethical slippery slopes and how and where to draw the line when
dealing with difficult questions of bioethics.
Lawrence Johnson advocates a major change in our attitude toward
the nonhuman world. He argues that nonhuman animals, and ecosystems
themselves, are morally significant beings with interests and
rights. The author considers recent work in environmental ethics in
the introduction and then presents his case with the utmost
precision and clarity. Written in an attractive, nontechnical
style, the book will be of particular interest to philosophers,
environmentalists and ecologists.
This book approaches bioethics on the basis of a conception of life
and what is needed for the affirmation of its quality in the most
encompassing sense. Lawrence E. Johnson applies this conception to
discussions of controversial issues in bioethics including
euthanasia, abortion, cloning, and genetic engineering. His
emphasis is not on providing definitive solutions to all bioethical
issues but on developing an approach to coping with them that can
also help us deal with new issues as they emerge. The foundation of
this discussion is an extensive examination of the nature of the
self and its good and of various approaches to ethics. His bioethic
is integrally related to his well-known work on environmental
philosophy. The book also applies these principles on an individual
level, offering a user-friendly discussion of how to deal with
ethical slippery slopes and how and where to draw the line when
dealing with difficult questions of bioethics.
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