{"title":"James Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Franklin’s works delve into the profound interplay between science, philosophy, and human understanding. Readers can expect a thoughtful exploration of reality and existence, combining rigorous analysis with accessible insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Necessities Underlying Reality\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Worth of Persons\u003c\/em\u003e, Franklin invites reflection on both the natural world and the foundations of value and identity, making his writings a compelling choice for those intrigued by philosophy and the scientific worldview.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-worth-of-persons-by-james-franklin-9781641772785","title":"The Worth of Persons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe death of a person is a tragedy while the explosion of a lifeless galaxy is a mere firework. The moral difference is grounded in the nature of humans: humans have intrinsic worth, a worth that makes their fate really matter. This is the worth that the Australian philosopher James Franklin proposes as the foundation of ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Worth of Persons\u003c\/i\u003e, he explains that ethics in the usual sense of right and wrong actions, rights and virtues, and how to live a good life, is founded on something more basic that is not itself about actions, namely the worth of persons. Human moral worth arises from certain properties that distinguish humans from the rest of creation (though some animals share a lesser degree of those properties): rationality, consciousness, the ability to act for reasons, emotional structure and love, individuality. This complex package makes humans the \"piece of work\" of which Hamlet says, \"How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn clear prose and deeply informed philosophical argument, \u003ci\u003eThe Worth of Persons\u003c\/i\u003e establishes a foundation for ethics in the equal worth of persons, which makes ethics absolutely objective and immune to relativist attacks because it is based on the metaphysical truth about humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Worth of Persons\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to all those who feel that endless debate about ethical dilemmas, rules, and principles fails to connect with what is really important ethically, that is, what makes humans matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000825921772,"sku":"9781641772785","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14717973482772.jpg?v=1763307904"},{"product_id":"the-necessities-underlying-reality-by-honorary-professor-james-franklin-9781350467071","title":"The Necessities Underlying Reality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis open access book covers four decades of work by the leading Australian philosopher, mathematician, and historian of ideas, James Franklin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese interlinking essays are connected by a core theme: the necessary structures in reality that allow certain knowledge of absolute truths. Franklin’s Aristotelian realist philosophy of mathematics shows how mathematical truths are directly about physical reality, and at the same time certainly and provably true. Ranging from mathematics to evidence evaluation to ethics, his philosophy of probability sees the relation of evidence to hypothesis, such as in science and law, as purely logical, hence necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross ethics and the philosophy of religion, the theme of necessity is repeated: basic ethical truths (such as the worth of persons and the wrongness of murder) are shown to have the same certainty as mathematics. Focus on the history of ideas connects the philosophical work in the present with the medieval scholastic tradition, which defended similar necessities but is now neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is an up-to-date introduction to Franklin’s overall perspective. Recalling Western philosophy to its roots, it reveals the way absolute necessities are discoverable across the abstract fields of mathematics, logical evidence, and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432988754156,"sku":"9781350467071","price":187.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350467071.jpg?v=1774765886"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/james-franklin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}