Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue Studies in Ayn Rand's Normative Theory |
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Editor:
| Gotthelf, Allan Lennox, James G. |
Series title: | Ayn Rand Society Philosophical Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-8229-6272-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand (1905-1982) is a cultural phenomenon. Yet Rand's work has until recently received little serious attention from academics. This new series seeks a fuller scholarly understanding of this highly original and influential thinker. The chapters in this volume address the basis of her egoism in a virtue-centered normative ethics; her account of how moral norms in general are themselves based on a fundamental choice by an agent to value his own life; and...
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Philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand (1905-1982) is a cultural phenomenon. Yet Rand's work has until recently received little serious attention from academics. This new series seeks a fuller scholarly understanding of this highly original and influential thinker. The chapters in this volume address the basis of her egoism in a virtue-centered normative ethics; her account of how moral norms in general are themselves based on a fundamental choice by an agent to value his own life; and how her own approach to the foundations of ethics is to be compared and contrasted with familiar approaches in the analytic ethical tradition.