Author | Lefebvre, Vladimir A. author |
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Title | Algebra of Conscience [electronic resource] : A Comparative Analysis of Western and Soviet Ethical Systems / by Vladimir A. Lefebvre |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1982 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9051-3 |
Descript | 224 p. online resource |
I. Moral Cognition -- II. Ethical Systems and Boolean Algebra -- III. Boolean Algebra, Exponent, Logarithm -- IV. Individuals, Reflection, and Interaction -- V. Automata with Semantics and Ethical Status -- VI. A Formal Representation of Doubts and Feelings -- VII. A Formal Comparison of Ethical Systems: Feeling Guilty, Condemnation, Doubt -- VIII. A Formal Comparison of Ethical Systems: Doubts and Ethical Status -- IX. Ethical Analysis of Artistic and Propagandistic Literature -- X. Experimental Analysis of Normative Individuals -- XI. The Principle of Maximization of the Ethical Status of Oneโs Image of Oneself -- XII. Feelings and Sacrifices -- XIII. Formal Connections Between Modules of Inner Structures and Individuals -- XIV. Interaction. Activity and Its Measure -- XV. Ethical Typology in the Novel Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky -- XVI. Ideology, Morality, and Political Organization -- XVII. Generalization. Proof of Existence of Ethically Nonmeasurable Situations -- Conclusion. The Problem of Substantiating the Initial Axioms -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Construction of Judgments about the Correctness of Images and Judgments -- Appendix 2. Ethical Systems and Multivalued Logics -- Appendix 3. Self-generation of Environments -- Appendix 4. A Method of Calculating Mean Ethical Statuses -- Appendix 5. Types of Adequacy of Reflexion -- Appendix 6. Schemes of Empirical Procedures -- Appendix 7 Tables -- Appendix 8. Problems of Substantiating the Initial Axioms in an Arbitrary Environment -- Appendix 9. Another Method of Representing Individuals -- Appendix 10. The Principle of Complementarity and the Phenomenon of Interference in the Algebraic Model of Ethical Cognition -- References