Author: Michael J. Zimmerman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: value, intrinsic, nature
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-08-21
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0742512630
ISBN-13: 9780742512634
At the heart of ethics lies the concept of intrinsic value. It is at work when we assess whether a person is virtuous or vicious, and acts rightly or wrongly. This book investigates the nature of intrinsic value: what sort of thing has it, and how it is measured or quantified.
Author: Jay C. Kimiecik
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: exercise, joy, discovering, exerciser, intrinsic
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-05-13
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 061812490X
ISBN-13: 9780618124909
Too many of us exercise to lose weight and stay fit. Jay Kimiecik believes that focusing on those reasons make sticking with a fitness plan almost impossible. With full appreciation of the real problems people have with exercising, he writes that we must instead find personal pleasure in any physical activity we choose. Kimiecik’s infectious enthusiasm and easy four-step plan will turn anyone into an intrinsic exerciser for life.
Author: Nicholas Agar
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: value, intrinsic, life
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2001-06-15
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0231117876
ISBN-13: 9780231117876
Are bacteriophage T4 and the long-nosed elephant fish valuable in their own right? Nicholas Agar defends an affirmative answer to this question by arguing that anything living is intrinsically valuable. This claim challenges received ethical wisdom according to which only human beings are valuable in themselves. The resulting biocentric or life-centered morality forms the platform for an ethic of the environment. Agar builds a bridge between the biological sciences and what he calls "folk" morality to arrive at a workable environmental ethic and a new spectrum -a new hierarchy -of living orga
Author: Roderick M. Chisholm
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: european, philosophy, modern, value, intrinsic, brentano
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1986-11-28
List price: $28.99
ISBN-10: 052126989X
ISBN-13: 9780521269896
Franz Brentano developed an original theory of intrinsic value which he attempted to base on his philosophical psychology. Roderick Chisholm presents here a critical exposition of this theory and its place in Brentano’s general philosophical system. He gives a detailed account of Brentano’s ontology, showing how Brentano tried to secure objectivity for ethics not through a theory of practical reason, but through his theory of the intentional objects of emotions and desires. Professor Chisholm goes on to develop certain suggestions about intrinsic value made by Brentano and his stud
Author: Leena Vilkka
Publisher: Rodopi B.V.Editions
Keywords: value, series, book, nature, intrinsic, inquiry
Number of Pages: 179
Published: 1997-01
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 9042003251
ISBN-13: 9789042003255
What is intrinsic value? What is the origin of value? Are people always superior to nature? This book is a philosophical analysis of the human relationship to the non-human world. It is a pioneering study of the philosophy of nature-conservation in relation to the discussion of intrinsic value. Vilkka develops a naturalistic or naturocentric theory of value that is based on ethical extensionism and pluralism. Vilkka analyzes natural values and environmental attitudes: zoocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. This book forms a taxonomy for nature having intrinsic value. The theory of intrin
Author: Kenneth W Thomas
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: energy, commitment, building, work, motivation, intrinsic
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1576752380
ISBN-13: 9781576752388
Intrinsic Motivation at Work marks a major advance on the topic of work motivation — one based on an understanding of the changing requirements of today’s workplace and the limitations of older motivational models. Written in an engaging, accessible style, yet grounded in solid academic research, the book is divided into three parts. Part One assesses older models of work motivation and why they need an overhaul. Part Two explains the nature of the "new work" and the importance of reintroducing a feeling of purpose and self-management. Part Three presents in depth the four intrinsic reward
Author: Kenneth W Thomas
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: employee, engagement, drives, really, motivation, work, intrinsic
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1576755673
ISBN-13: 9781576755679
In today’s organizations, employee engagement is vital--more is being required of workers than ever before. In this new edition of his classic book, Kenneth Thomas draws on the latest research findings to identify the key to employee engagement: intrinsic motivation. Only intrinsic rewards--rewards that come directly from the work itself--encourage the profound commitment and sense of ownership needed for a truly engaged and innovative workforce. Thomas identifies four intrinsic rewards, explains exactly how and why they build engagement, and provides a diagnostic framework to evaluate
