Auteur: Thomas Hurka

Thomas Hurka presents the first full historical study of an important strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. His subject is a series of British ethical theorists from the late nineteen …

Thomas Hurka presents the first full historical study of an important strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. His subject is a series of British ethical theorists from the late nineteen …

These ten new essays by leading contemporary philosophers constitute the first collective study of a group of British moral philosophers active between the 1870s and 1950s, including Henry Sidgwick, …

What are virtue and vice, and how do they relate to other moral properties such as goodness and rightness? Thomas Hurka defends a distinctive perfectionist view according to which the virtues are hig …

This volume contains selected essays in moral and political philosophy by Thomas Hurka. The essays address a wide variety of topics, from the well-rounded life and the value of playing games to propo …

For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka …

For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka …

This volume contains selected essays in moral and political philosophy by Thomas Hurka. The essays address a wide variety of topics, from the well-rounded life and the value of playing games to propo …

A lo largo de los últimos siglos, los movimientos nacionalistas han dejado una indiscutible huella política en nuestra historia reciente. Los argumentos a favor o en su contra han movilizado emocione …

This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that’s been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play. Some contributions address conceptual questions about what games and …

In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. Nonsense, said the sensible Bernard Suit …

This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that’s been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play. Some contributions address conceptual questions about what games and …