
Value Theory, Or Axiology, Looks At What Things Are Good Or Bad, How Good Or Bad They Are, And, Most Fundamentally, What It Is For A Thing To Be Good Or Bad. Questions About Value And About What Is Valuable Are Important To Moral Philosophers, Since Most Moral Theories Hold That We Ought To Promote The Good (even If This Is Not The Only Thing We Ought To Do). This Handbook Focuses On Value Theory As It Pertains To Ethics, Broadly Construed, And Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of Contemporary Debates Pertaining Not Only To Philosophy But Also To Other Disciplines-most Notably, Political Theory And Economics. The Handbook's Twenty-two Newly Commissioned Chapters Are Divided Into Three Parts. Part I: Foundations Concerns Fundamental And Interrelated Issues About The Nature Of Value And Distinctions Between Kinds Of Value. Part Ii: Structure Concerns Formal Properties Of Value That Bear On The Possibilities Of Measuring And Comparing Value. Part Iii: Extensions, Finally, Considers Specific Topics, Ranging From Health To Freedom, Where Questions Of Value Figure Prominently.
This handbook investigates the fundamental nature of value, exploring what it means for something to be good or bad and how these assessments inform moral, political, and economic theory. Edited by Iwao Hirose, the volume compiles twenty-two original essays from leading scholars to establish a rigorous framework for contemporary axiological inquiry. The text synthesizes diverse perspectives to address how value judgments function within ethical systems and practical decision-making processes.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts identify this volume as a comprehensive resource for graduate-level students and professional philosophers working in ethics and political theory. Readers frequently note the high level of academic density and the technical rigor required to engage with the formal properties of value discussed in the second section.
Page Count:
608
Publication Date:
2015-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
0190221437
ISBN-13:
9780190221430
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