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| Crispin Wright (1942), British philosopher. His major works include Frege's Conception of Numbers as Objects (1983), Truth and Objectivity (1992), and Saving the Differences: Essays on Themes from Wittgenstein (2000). His fields of specialization are philosophy of mathematics, Wittgenstein's philosophy, metaphysics, and epistemology.
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| Deontology: theories within ethics that are related to the intrinsic nature of actions and do not consider their possible consequences. From this intrinsic nature obligations and prohibitions are derived. Counter position is consequentialism. See also ethics, intrinsic, actions, morals._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Geach, Peter | Deontology | Geach | |
| Nagel, Thomas | Deontology | Nagel | |
| Singer, Peter | Deontology | Singer | |
| Wright, Georg Henrik von | Deontology | Wright | |
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