162 Pages
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Routledge
162 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1987, Needs by Garrett Thomson aims to explain the ways in which the concept of a need functions, and an important part of this must be to reveal its distinctive empirical content and show how that content relates to its evaluative role. Thomson examines the distinction between fundamental needs and desires, addressing topics such as human nature, harm, interests, and the... Read more
Preface to the Reissue Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Classification and Clarification 2. Human Nature 3. Harm: Objective or Subjective? 4. Interests: The Roots of Desire 5. The Natural Limits of Choice 6. Relativity 7. Needs and Desires 8. Is and Ought 9. Making A Virtue of Necessity Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Garrett Thomson
