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1 online resource (vi, 223 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: The representation of life -- Can life be given a real definition? -- The representation of the living individual -- The representation of the life-form itself -- Part II: Naive action theory -- Types of practical explanation -- Naive explanation of action -- Action and time -- Part III: Practical generality -- Two tendencies in practical philosophy -- Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions -- Practice and disposition as sources of individual action. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
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Life.
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Life. |
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Agent (Philosophy) |
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Act (Philosophy)
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Act (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Michael, 1959- Life and action. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008 9780674016705 067401670X (DLC) 2007043818 (OCoLC)179103489 |
| ISBN |
9780674033962 (electronic book) |
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0674033965 (electronic book) |
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9780674016705 (alkaline paper) |
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067401670X (alkaline paper) |
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