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Thomas Hurka

Author of The Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters

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Thomas Hurka is Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman Distinguished Professor of Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto.

Works by Thomas Hurka

The Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters (2011) 81 copies

Perfectionism (Oxford Ethics Series) (1993) 31 copies

Virtue, Vice, and Value (2001) 21 copies

British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing (2014) 15 copies

Principles : short essays on ethics (1994) 12 copies

Drawing Morals: Essays in Ethical Theory (2011) 10 copies

Underivative Duty: British Moral Philosophers from Sidgwick to Ewing (2011) — Editor — 7 copies

Games, Sports, and Play: Philosophical Essays (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia (1978) — Introduction, some editions — 193 copies, 1 review

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Gender: male
Occupations: Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Nationality: Canada
Associated Place (for map): Canada

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Works: 8
Also by: 1
Members: 178
Popularity: #120,888
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 27

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