Intrinsic Value: Concept and Warrant

by Noah Lemos

Book Overview

This book addresses some basic questions about intrinsic value: What is it? What has it? What justifies our beliefs about it? The author defends the existence of a plurality of intrinsic goods, the thesis of organic unities, the view that some goods are higher than others, and the view that intrinsic value can be explicated in terms of fitting emotional attitudes. The final three chapters explore the justification of our beliefs about intrinsic value,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521103029
• ISBN13: 9780521103022
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"