Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory.
Title:
Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory.
Author:
Mason, H. E.
ISBN:
9780195357127
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Moral Dilemmas, Genuine and Spurious: A Comparative Anatomy -- 2 More about Moral Dilemmas -- 3 Moral Residue and Dilemmas -- 4 Moral Dilemmas and Rights -- 5 The Moral Dilemms Debate -- 6 Morality, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Requirements -- 7 Moral Conflict and Its Structure -- 8 Dilemmas: Dithering, Plumping, and Grief -- 9 The Diversity of Moral Dilemma -- 10 Moral Dilemmas, Gaps, and Residues: A Kantian Perspective -- 11 Moral Theory, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Responsibility -- 12 Responsibilities and Principles: Reflections on the Sources of Moral Dilemmas -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
Do moral dilemmas truly exist? What counts as a moral dilemma? Can an adequate moral theory admit the possibility of genuine conflicts of moral obligations? In this book, twelve prominent moral theorists examine these and other questions from a wide variety of philosophical perspectives.Concerned throughout with the implications of moral dilemmas for moral theory, this collection of essays captures in striking fashion the full scope and vitality of the current moral dilemmas debate. Including both realist and anti-realist meta-ethical positions, and Kantian and consequentialistnormative views, Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory sheds new light on several standing controversies in moral philosophy while raising a fresh set of challenging issues. Contributors include Simon Blackburn, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Alan Donagan, Terrance McConnell, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, MaryMothersill, Norman Dahl, David Brink, Peter Railton, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Christopher Gowans, and H.E. Mason.
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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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