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Book SynopsisThis book explores the nature of values, and the status of value studies, at the turn of the millennium. The contributors, nineteen philosophers from fourteen countries, introduce and defend an enriching variety of views regarding the present state and future prospects of value inquiry.
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Table of ContentsONE Robert GINSBERG: Value Inquiry as the Future of Philosophy TWO Amihud GILEAD: What Does Value Inquiry Really Need for the Future? THREE André MINEAU: Value Inquiry and Nazism: Some Considerations on Relativism and Ordinary Morality FOUR C.L. SHENG: On the Transfer of Economic Value as Legacy or Gift FIVE Dane GORDON: Value Inquiry, Not a Straightforward Business SIX Frederick KRAENZEL: Natural Value and Artificial Immortality SEVEN GERHOLD K. BECKER: In Search of Humanity. Human Dignity as a Basic Moral Attitude EIGHT Jiang CHANG: Axiology and Ethics: Past, Present and Future NINE John R. WELCH: Two Types of Moral Dilemma TEN Jon MILLS: Homo homini lupus. Hegel and Freud on the Future of Humanity ELEVEN Józef NIONIK: Arbitrariness and Sense TWELVE L.D. KEITA: Value in Neoclassical Economic Theory: On Efficiency, Equity, and Human Welfare THIRTEEN Matti HÄYRY: Happiness and the Friction of Moral Revolutions FOURTEEN Minoru KITAMURA: Multiculturalism and Universal Values FIFTEEN Mona ABOUSENNA: The problematic of Values in the Next Millennium SIXTEEN Pio COLONELLO: Nihilism, Melancholy and Values: A Theoretical Approach. SEVENTEEN Samantha BRENNAN: The Future and Value of Rights: Rights versus Responsibilities EIGHTEEN William M. ROBB: Can Value Inquiry Be More Effective with Greater Philosophical Discipline? NINETEEN William SWEET: Value Inquiry, Cultural Diversity, and Ecumenism
