The Value Gap (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780192848215)

In The Value Gap, Toni R nnow-Rasmussen addresses the distinction between what is finally good and what is finally good-for, two value notions that are central to ethics and practical deliberation. The first part of the book argues against views that claim that one of these notions is either faulty, or at best conceptually dependent on the other notion. Whereas these two views disagree on whether it is good or good-for that is the flawed or dependent concept, it is argued, as against both approaches, that goodness and goodness-for are independent value notions that cannot be fully understood in terms of one another. The second part provides an analysis of good and good-for in terms of a fitting-attitude analysis. By elaborating a more nuanced understanding of the key elements of this analysis--reasons and pro-attitudes--R nnow-Rasmussen challenges the widespread idea that there are no genuine practical and moral dilemmas. The result is that the gap between favouring for a reason what is good and favouring for a reason what is good for someone appears insurmountable.

Author: Toni Rnow-Rasmussen
ISBN-10: 0192848216
ISBN-13: 9780192848215
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2022
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.41h x 6.49w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2023