The moral powers: a study of human nature /

"In worlds that lack life, there is no value. For all that, there is no mystery about 'the existence of values in a world of facts'. The world does not consist of facts, rather true descriptions of the world consist of statements of fact. It is as much a fact concerning the world that...

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Main Authors: Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan)
Corporate Authors: Wiley Online Library (Online service)
Published: Wiley-Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119657828
Summary: "In worlds that lack life, there is no value. For all that, there is no mystery about 'the existence of values in a world of facts'. The world does not consist of facts, rather true descriptions of the world consist of statements of fact. It is as much a fact concerning the world that there are things that are of value to living things, that human beings value things and possess valuable characteristics, perform valuable deeds, stand in valuable relationships to others, as it is a fact that there is life on earth"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 424 pages) : illustrations
Also available in print.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119657828 (electronic bk.)
9781119657774
Index Number: BD450
CLC: B089.3