First things: an inquiry into the first principles of morals and justice
Auteur :
Arkes, Hadley
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691022475
Date de publication :
21 août 1986
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
680 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book restores to us an understanding that was once settled in the "moral sciences": that there are propositions, in morals and law, which are not only true but which cannot be otherwise. It was understood in the past that, in morals or in mathematics, our knowledge begins with certain axioms that must hold true of necessity; that the principle