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''Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson'' is a 2001 book edited by Alex Byrne, Robert C. Stalnaker and Ralph Wedgwood in which the authors discuss moral and political issues, foundations of moral theory, metaphysics and epistemology. The book is dedicated to
Judith Jarvis Thomson Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929November 20, 2020) was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experimen ...
. Philosopher
Alan Soble Alan Gerald Soble (; born 1947) is an American philosopher and author of several books on the philosophy of sex. He taught at the University of New Orleans from 1986 to 2006. He is currently Adjunct Professor of philosophy at Drexel University in ...
, in a review of this
Festschrift In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the h ...
proposed 13 conditions that must be satisfied by any adequate Festschrift.


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Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson
2001 non-fiction books Festschrifts MIT Press books Ethics books Books in political philosophy {{ethics-book-stub