Rescher Studies in Social Philosophy

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-032636-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 6, 191 Seiten

Reihe: Collected Papers

Nicholas Rescher's interest in issues of social philosophy, now dating back over forty years, have resulted in four previous books: Distributive Justice (New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1966), Welfare: the Social Issues on Philosophical Perspective (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972), Public Concerns (Lanham, MI: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996), and Fairness (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2002). Additionally, however, he has during this time also written more than a dozen essays on various particular problems and issues of this domain-usually in response to the needs of some special occasion. The aim of the present volume is to collect this material together in coordinative conjunction. The resultant book will not only offer a panorama of Rescher's views on some of the key issues of the field, but also convey a sense of the procedural ways and means by which Rescher think that philosophical deliberations can serve to shed some instructive light on such ever-controversial matters. For Rescher is convinced in theory and has sought to illustrate in practice that constructive thinking in this domain calls for implementing a quantitative approach from a moral perspective, and that neither the measurable quantities not the intangible values of the situation can be overlooked in a cogent assessment of the issues. It is his hope that these essays will confirm the justice of this conviction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rescher, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;4
2;PREFACE;5
3;Chapter 1: TECHNOLOGY, COMPLEXITY, ANDSOCIAL DECISION;8
4;Chapter 2: RISKING DEMOCRACY;21
5;Chapter 3: IS CONSENSUS REQUIRED FOR ARATIONAL SOCIAL ORDER?;36
6;Chapter 4: MORALITY IN GOVERNMENT ANDPOLITICS;50
7;Chapter 5: ON THE RATIONALE OFGOVERNMENTAL REGULATION;57
8;Chapter 6: SOCIAL WELFARE:SOME PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES;68
9;Chapter 7: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY;81
10;Chapter 8: THE BELL CURVE REVISITED;98
11;Chapter 9: IN THE LINE OF DUTY;110
12;Chapter 10: TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS ANDHUMAN HAPPINESS;122
13;Chapter 11: THE SOCIAL VALUE OF A LIFE;135
14;Chapter 12: THE ALLOCATION OF EXOTICMEDICAL LIFESAVING THERAPY;147
15;Chapter 13: ETHICAL ISSUES REGARDINGTHE DELIVERY OF HEALTH-CARESERVICES;164
16;Chapter 14: MORAL ISSUES RELATING TO THEECONOMICS OF NEW KNOWLEDGE INTHE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES;176
17;Name Index;186