Being and Worth

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ISBN: 9780415207355 | 0415207355
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/27/1999

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InBeing and WorthAndrew Collier argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognize it or not. He builds on recent work in critical realism to provide a reassessment of Spinoza's philosophy of mind and ethics. Conclusions are developed with particular reference to environmental ethics.

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Introduction	p. vii
Are there values independent of humankind?	p. 1
Towards Spinozism: the cognitive paradigm of morality	p. 9
Spinozism: the work of reason	p. 23
Appendix to Chapter 3: Against irrationalism	p. 44
Beyond Spinozism: the objectivity of values	p. 52
Problems about the worth of being	p. 63
Good as being and good as end	p. 66
Deficient causes	p. 70
Degrees of being	p. 76
Away from anthropocentrism	p. 79
The worth of human beings	p. 90
Supplementary essay: authentic existence and the fullness of being	p. 105
Notes	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 121
Name Index	p. 124
Subject Index	p. 126
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