Overview
John Broome has made major contributions to, and radical innovations in, contemporary moral philosophy. His research combines the formal method of economics with philosophical analysis. Broome's works stretch over formal axiology, decision theory, philosophy of economics, population axiology, the value of life, the ethics of climate change, the nature of rationality, and practical and theoretical reasoning. Weighing and Reasoning brings together fifteen original essays from leading philosophers who have been influenced by the work and thought of John Broome. It aims to offer a comprehensive evaluation of Broome's wide-ranging and far-reaching philosophical works over the past thirty years. The volume comprises two parts. The first part is focused on Broome's work on the theory of value, as exemplified in his books Weighing Goods, Weighing Lives, Economics out of Economics, and Climate Matters. The second part is focused on his work on practical and theoretical reasoning, which culminated in his Rationality through Reasoning. This volume also includes a piece by Broome on his intellectual history to date.
Full Product Details
Author: Iwao Hirose (McGill University) ,
Andrew Reisner (McGill University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.554kg
ISBN: 9780199684908
ISBN 10: 0199684901
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 05 March 2015
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume honouring John Broome on his retirement from Oxford consists mainly of papers on two themes, written by an illustrious group of friends and former students. One theme is the relationship between individual good and overall good. The other theme is Broome's work on reasons, explanation, and ought. Among outliers, one chapter by renowned economist and philosopher Geoffrey Brennan makes an important point about interdisciplinary methodology. The contributions are rather varied in length and quality. Theorists with a serious interest in one or other of these themes would benefit from closely studying many of them...This is a fitting tribute. * Barry Maguire, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
This volume honouring John Broome on his retirement from Oxford consists mainly of papers on two themes, written by an illustrious group of friends and former students. One theme is the relationship between individual good and overall good. The other theme is Broome's work on reasons, explanation, and ought. Among outliers, one chapter by renowned economist and philosopher Geoffrey Brennan makes an important point about interdisciplinary methodology. The contributions are rather varied in length and quality. Theorists with a serious interest in one or other of these themes would benefit from closely studying many of them...This is a fitting tribute. Barry Maguire, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online
Author Information
Iwao Hirose is an Associate Professor at the Philosophy Department and the School of Environment, McGill University. He is the co-author of Moral Aggregation, Egalitarianism, and The Ethics of Health Care Rationing with Greg Bognar, and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory with Jonas Olson. Andrew Reisner is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. He received a DPhil in Philosophy from Oxford University and is co-editor of Reasons for Belief with Asbjørn Steglich Petersen.
