Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm

Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 521
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ISBN-10 : 9780195345902
ISBN-13 : 0195345908
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Book Synopsis Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm by : F. M. Kamm Professor of Philosophy Harvard University

Download or read book Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm written by F. M. Kamm Professor of Philosophy Harvard University and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-11-17 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Intricate Ethics, Kamm questions the moral importance of some non-consequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section discusses nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the trolley problem; the second deals with the notions of moral status and rights; the third takes up the issues of responsibility and complicity and the possible moral significance of distance; and the fourth section analyzes the views of others in the non-consequentialist and consequentialist camps.


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