LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jon w thompson

3 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jon w thompson

  • The Metaphysics of Resurrection in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
    Jon W. Thompson
    This book provides a new account of the emergence of the philosophy of personal identity in the early modern period. Reflection on personal identity is often thought to have begun in earnest with John Locke’s famous consciousness-based account, published in the 2nd Edition of the Essay in 1694. The present work argues that we ought to understand modern notions of personal ident...
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  • An Analysis of G.E.M. Anscombe’s Modern Moral Philosophy
    Jon W. Thompson / Jonny Blamey
    Anscombe’s 1958 paper challenged the very foundations of moral philosophy, the discipline that tries to understand and differentiate between actions, right and wrong. It argues that moral philosophy should not be explored until a philosophy of psychology is already in place, and that, without a belief in God, morality can have no absolute rules. ...
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  • An Analysis of Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue
    Jon W. Thompson
    Alasdair MacIntyre’s 1981 After Virtue was a ground-breaking contribution to modern moral philosophy. Dissatisfied with the major trends in the moral philosophy of his time, MacIntyre argued that modern moral discourse had no real rational basis. Instead, he suggested, if one wanted to build a rational theory for morality and moral actions, one would have to go all the way back...
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