Justice for Hedgehogs
by Ronald Dworkin
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In Dworkin ?s master work, the central thesis is that all areas of value depend on one another. This is one, big thing that the hedgehog knows, in contrast to the fox, who knows many little things. Dworkin ?s understanding of the relationship ?between ethics, morality, and political morality ?is significantly revised and also greatly elaborated. He argues that ?dignity ? is the essential core of living well and that a satisfactory account of dignity would, in turn, point to two principles. show more The first states that it is objectively important that each person ?s life go well; and the second that each person has a special responsibility for identifying what counts as success in his or her own life. Dworkin believes that values cohere and that in order to defend that coherence he has to take up a broad variety of philosophical issues that are not normally treated in one book. He discusses the metaphysics of value, the character of truth, the nature of interpretation, the conditions of agreement and disagreement, the phenomenon of moral responsibility and the problem of free will as well as more substantive issues of ethical, moral and legal theory. show lessTags
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Justice for Hedgehogs has a picture of a hedgehog on it. The image is quite adorable but that is not the point that the author is trying to make. Written by Ronald Dworkin, Justice for Hedgehogs attempts to show that morality is not something one is capable of making compromises on while still being upstanding. The idea for the title is from a quote made famous by Isaiah Berlin. Foxes know a lot of things while hedgehogs know one big thing. The author argues that being ethical requires you to have a central tenet that you follow.
There isn't really much more to say without making this an essay so I won't go into specifics. The book was really enjoyable, 5 out of 5.
There isn't really much more to say without making this an essay so I won't go into specifics. The book was really enjoyable, 5 out of 5.
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Ronald Dworkin lives in New York and in London, and has a joint appointment at New York University, where he is a professor both in the law school and the philosophy department, and at University College London
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- Canonical title
- Justice for Hedgehogs
- Original publication date
- 2011
- Dedication
- For Reni
- Blurbers
- Grayling, A C; Hurka, Thomas; Ryan, Alan; Guest, Stephen
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- Genres
- Philosophy, Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 170.44 — Philosophy & psychology Ethics Animals rights, Euthanasia, Pro-life Essays; Special Topics Normativity
- LCC
- BD435 .D85 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Speculative philosophy Speculative philosophy Ontology
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 4
