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Ought Implies Kant : A Reply to the Consequentialist Critique.
Title:
Ought Implies Kant : A Reply to the Consequentialist Critique.
Author:
Marks, Joel.
ISBN:
9780739133521
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (132 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Egoism -- Chapter 2. The Consequentialist Continuum -- Chapter 3. Let Us Boldly Go: The Case for Utilitarianism -- Chapter 4. Refutation of Consequentialism -- Chapter 5. Nonconsequentialism and the Consequentialist Critique -- Chapter 6. The Ethics of Ethics -- Appendix I. What Are We Talking About? (What is ethics?) -- Appendix II. A Simple Theory (What is theory?) -- Appendix III. Animal Ethics -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
This book offers an unconventional defense of Kantian ethical theory as encompassing moral regard for nonhuman animals and, complementarily, an exhaustive rendition of a relatively neglected refutation of consequentialism as violating an essential meta-ethical condition of theoretical viability.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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