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BL
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648922
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| Main Entry
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Silliman, Matthew R.,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Sentience and sensibility : : a conversation about moral philosophy /\ Matthew R. Silliman
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| Publication Statement
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Las Vegas, Nev. :: Parmenides Pub.,, 2006
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xix, 327 p. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1930972075 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9781930972070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-319) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : Dialogos agonistes -- Prologue : Kant travels -- Original value -- Value incrementalism -- A normative proposal -- Valuing development -- The many faces of value -- Direct and indirect moral considerability -- Affirming moral theories -- Ethical vegetarianism? -- The possibility of an environmental ethic -- Racism and moral perfectionism -- The bankruptcy of moral relativism -- Epilogue : (How much) does moral theory matter? -- Appendix : Multicriterial value incrementalism
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Ethics
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Values
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| Dewey Classification
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170
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| LC Classification
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BJ1012.S475 2006
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