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Praise and Blame
How should a prize be awarded after a horse race? Should it go to the best rider, the best person, or the one who finishes first? To what extent are bystanders blameworthy when they do nothing to prevent harm? Are there any objective standards of moral responsibility with which to address such perennial questions? In this fluidly written and lively book, Daniel Robinson takes on the prodigious task of setting forth the contours of praise and blame. He does so by mounting an important and provocative new defense of a radical theory of moral realism and offering a critical appraisal of prevailing alternatives such as determinism and behaviorism and of their conceptual shortcomings. The version...
Consciousness and Mental Life
The Greeks (again) and the "consciousness" problem -- The problem of consciousness "solved" -- "Cartesianism" revisited -- Higher-order thought : a machine in the ghost -- Self-consciousness -- Emotion -- Motives, desires, and fulfillment -- Plans : an epilogue
The Regulation of Medical Products
This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products. Since the first half of the 20th century, the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and, more recently, biologicals have been controlled in many jurisdictions by specific regulatory regimes and agencies. Their regulatory mandates are similar – to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of medical products. This book provides a timely and relevant assessment of the complexities of medical regulatory regimes, by drawing on a particular theory of political legitimacy. In this respect, the book adopts a ‘dialogic’ approach – according to which a shared set of ...
The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture
This is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical architecture in different regions of the world. Exploring the impact of colonialism, trade, slavery, religious missions, political ideology and intellectual/artistic exchange, the authors demonstrate how classical principles and ideas were disseminated and received across the globe. By addressing a number of contentious or unresolved issues highlighted in some historical surveys of architecture, the chapters presented in this volume question long-held assumptions about the notion of a universally accepted ‘classical tradition’ and its broadly Euro-centric perspective. Featuring thirty-two chapters written by internationa...
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Great Ideas of Philosophy
Consists of 60 lectures given by Professor Daniel N. Robinson of Oxford University tracing the abiding issues of philosophy across the centuries.
The Nature Study Movement
The first comprehensive history of the nature study movement and its significance to American environmental thought and politics. Argues that nature study advocates, through their systematic program or educating children about nature, formed a critical foundation for the launching of the conservation movement.
