A Theory of the Good and the Right

by Richard B. Brandt

Book Overview

What would any rational person believe to be worth wanting or working for? Viewed from the standpoint of ethics and empirical psychology, how would such a person define and explain the morally right and the just? And what system of morals would rational people select as the best for the society?Essential to what is important in traditional philosophical inquiries, these questions and others are pursued in A Theory of the Good and the Right, Richard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157392220X
• ISBN13: 9781573922203
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"