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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42397381 Title: Viable values : a study of life as the root and reward of morality Author: Tara Smith Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2000. ISBN/ISSN: 0847697606 9780847697601 0847697614 9780847697618 OCLC:42397381

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Viable values : a study of life as the root and reward of morality

Author:	Tara Smith
Publisher:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2000.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This volume examines the most basic foundations of value and morality, demonstrating the shortcomings of major traditional views and proposing that morality is grounded in the objective requirements of human life. Read more...
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Subjects	Ethics. Life. Ethik
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Smith, Tara, 1961- Viable values. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2000 (OCoLC)607415377
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Tara Smith Find more information about:
ISBN:	0847697606 9780847697601 0847697614 9780847697618
OCLC Number:	42397381
Description:	ix, 205 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:	1. Introduction -- 2. Why Be Moral? A Misconceived Question? Historical Answers. Intuitionism. Contractarianism. Rationalism -- 3. Intrinsic Value: A False Foundation. What Is Intrinsic Value? The Evidence for Intrinsic Value. The Regress Argument. Artificial Alternatives -- 4. Morality's Roots in Life. The Argument for Morality's Basis in Life. Value's Objectivity. Objections and Clarifications -- 5. Morality's Reward: Flourishing. What Flourishing Is. Why Flourishing Is the Proper End of Value. Flourishing Is Objective -- 6. Principled Egoism: The Only Way to Live. The Necessity of Egoism. What Self-Interest Is and Demands. Implications for the Relationship between Individuals' Interests.
Responsibility:	Tara Smith.

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Smith writes in very clear, engaging language, refreshing and enjoyable. Good index. Recommended. * CHOICE * Smith undertakes the meta-ethical part and does a commendable job of fleshing out Rand's Read more...

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