Shaping the Normative Landscape is an investigation of the value of obligations and of rights, of forgiveness, of consent and refusal, of promise and request. David Owens shows that these are all instruments by which we exercise control over our normative environment. Philosophers from Hume to Scanlon have supposed that when we make promises and give our consent, our real interest is in controlling (or being able to anticipate) what people will actually do and that our interest in rights and obligations is a by-product of this more fundamental interest. In fact, we value for its own sake the...
Shaping the Normative Landscape is an investigation of the value of obligations and of rights, of forgiveness, of consent and refusal, of promise and ...
It's not easy to say 'goodbye' - neither for adults nor children. 'Not just bye' was inspired by a young boy who struggled with saying 'goodbye' in a nice way. He became so sad when his friends and relatives had to leave, that he started kicking and biting them But he eventually developed some 'insight' into his tendencies to the point that he could predict when it was going to happen again. So he decided to tell people not to say 'goodbye' at all. But of course that's not the only solution.
The main character in this story deserves to be called the 'true author' - the team behind...
It's not easy to say 'goodbye' - neither for adults nor children. 'Not just bye' was inspired by a young boy who struggled with saying 'goodbye' in...
