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From the twilight of probability : ethics and politics
- Title
- From the twilight of probability : ethics and politics / William R. Shea and Antonio Spadafora, editors.
- Publication
- Canton, MA : Science History Publications, U.S.A., 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JA79 .F735 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 157 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Note
- Papers presented at the Fourth International Locarno Conference on Science and Society, Oct. 1989.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: all the light we have / William R. Shea -- Moral minimalism / Michael Walzer -- Critiques of political ethics / Dennis Thompson -- Politics and civil philosophy / Maurizio Viroli -- Democratic politics and ethics / Amy Gutmann -- The idea of pluralism in ethics and politics / Salvatore Veca -- The prophet and the tyrant: some considerations on Hans Jonas' philosophical proposal / Pier Paolo Portinaro -- Messages from three contemporary images of medicine: failed medicine, miracle medicine and science fiction medicine / Margaret A. Somerville -- Ethics as a measure of scientific truth / Paul K. Feyerabend -- Conflicts of ethics: the case of Judaism / Vittorio D. Segre -- Aristotle's practical philosophy in contemporary Anglo-American thought / Enrico Berti -- The quest for power and the new ethics / Horst-Eberhard Richter -- Towards a policy of morality in politics / Pierre Bourdieu.
- ISBN
- 088135175X
- 9780881351750
- LCCN
- 91046760
- OCLC
- ocm25131445
- 25131445
- SCSB-2019781
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library