The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory

Iwao Hirose is Associate Professor at the Philosophy Department and the School of Environment, McGill University. He is the author of Moral Aggregation (OUP, 2015), Egalitarianism (2015), and The Ethics of Health Care Rationing (with Greg Bognar, 2014). He is also editor of Weighing and Reasoning: Themes from the Philosophy of John Broome (with Andrew Reisner, OUP, 2015).Jonas Olson is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University. He works mainly on value theory, metaethics, and the history of moral philosophy. He is the author of Moral Error Therory: History, Critique, Defence (OUP, 2014).

• Contributors Introduction to Value Theory: Iwao Hirose and Jonas Olson Part I: Foundations1. Value and Normativity: Michael J. Zimmerman2. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value: Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen3. Doubts about Intrinsic Value: Jonas Olson4. Value and Desires: Graham Oddie5. Value and Emotions: Christine Tappolet6. Neutral and Relative Value: Garrett Cullity7. Value and Time: Krister Bykvist8. Monism and Pluralism about Value: Chris Heathwood9. Prudential Value: Valerie Tiberius 10. Kantian Axiology and the Dualism of Practical Reason: Ralf M. Bader Part II: Structure11. Value Incomparability and Incommensurability: Ruth Chang12. Value Superiority: Gustaf Arrhenius and Wlodek Rabinowicz13. General and Personal Good: Harsanyi's Contribution to the Theory of Value: John Broome14. Theories of Value Aggregation: Utilitarianism, Egalitarianism , Prioritarianism: Nils Holtug15. Organic Unities: Erik Carlson16. Skepticism about Value Aggregation: Iwao Hirose Part III: Extensions17. Value and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Matthew D. Adler18. The Value of Health: Daniel Hausman19. Freedom and Its Value: Prasanta Pattanaik and Yongsheng Xu20. Value in Nature: David Schmidtz21. Population Axiology: M. A. Roberts22. The Value of Existence: Gustaf Arrhenius and Wlodek Rabinowicz Index

This handbook collects a nice assortment of papers on value theory, ranging from papers about highly abstract structural features of axiology to applied topics. It is, we think, a helpful addition to the literature. Many of the papers are excellent. Some provide useful summaries of debates...The volume will, we are sure, be useful for teaching the debates, especially at the graduate level...It is well worth reading for both seasoned axiologists and graduate students working in ethics, and it provides a terrific sampling of the state of the art.