Ratio

The Ratio Special Issue Book Series publishes work of a high quality on a wide variety of topics which meet the highest standards of philosophical expertise, while at the same time remaining accessible to readers from a broad range of philosophical disciplines.

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Equality and Priority
Derek Parfit

Naturalism Without Tears
James Lenman

The Kantian Argument for Consequentialism
Michael Otsuka

Desires, Values, Reasons, And the Dualism of Practical Reason
Michael Smith

Developing Deonotology
Brad Hooker

Developing Deontology consists of six new essays in ethical theory by leading contemporary moral philosophers. Each essay considers concepts prominent in the development of deontological approaches to ethics, and these essays offer an invaluable contribution to that development.

Contributors include: Michael Smith, Philip Stratton-Lake, Ralph Wedgewood, David Owens, Peter Vallentyne, and Elizabeth Harman.

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Every year the Philosophy Department at the University of Reading holds a one-day Ratio conference followed by a wine reception.

The 2011 conference was on the theme of Classifying Reality and took place on Saturday May 7th.

Details for the 2012 conference will be announced soon.