Intricate ethics
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780195189698 |
| Open Library | OL4097774W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 2007 - 2007 |
| Language | EN |
| Cited by | 83 |
| h-index | 1 |
| i10-index | 1 |
F.M. Kamm is one of the leading ethical theorists working in philosophy today. In 'Intricate Ethics', she questions the moral importance of some non-consequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions.
Owing, Justifying, and Rejecting
This final chapter deals with contractualism and its attempt to generate moral principles by taking seriously the perspectives of individuals rather than by maximizing the goodness of outcomes. It does this by analyzing Thomas Scanlon's contractualist theory of morality. It focuses primarily on Scanlon's views on wrongness, value, and the theory of contractualism and concludes that while Scanlon believes that he is giving an account of wrongness,…
The Doctrines of Double and Triple Effect and Why a Rational Agent Need Not Intend the Means to His End
Nonconsequentialism
Nonconsequentialism is a type of normative ethical theory that denies that the rightness or wrongness of our conduct is determined solely by the goodness or badness of the consequences of our acts or of the rules to which those acts conform. It does not deny that consequences can be a factor in determining the rightness of an act. It does insist that even when the consequences of two acts or act-types are the same, one might be wrong and the othe…
Intricate Ethics
The author of this book is an ethical theorist working in philosophy today. She is known for her brand of analysis, largely in defense of a nonconsequentialist perspective-the view that some actions are right or wrong by virtue of something other than their consequences. This book questions the moral importance of some nonconsequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section…
Intricate Ethics
The author of this book is an ethical theorist working in philosophy today. She is known for her brand of analysis, largely in defense of a nonconsequentialist perspective-the view that some actions are right or wrong by virtue of something other than their consequences. This book questions the moral importance of some nonconsequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section…
Owing, Justifying, and Rejecting
This final chapter deals with contractualism and its attempt to generate moral principles by taking seriously the perspectives of individuals rather than by maximizing the goodness of outcomes. It does this by analyzing Thomas Scanlon's contractualist theory of morality. It focuses primarily on Scanlon's views on wrongness, value, and the theory of contractualism and concludes that while Scanlon believes that he is giving an account of wrongness,…
The Doctrines of Double and Triple Effect and Why a Rational Agent Need Not Intend the Means to His End
Nonconsequentialism
Nonconsequentialism is a type of normative ethical theory that denies that the rightness or wrongness of our conduct is determined solely by the goodness or badness of the consequences of our acts or of the rules to which those acts conform. It does not deny that consequences can be a factor in determining the rightness of an act. It does insist that even when the consequences of two acts or act-types are the same, one might be wrong and the othe…
Intricate Ethics
The author of this book is an ethical theorist working in philosophy today. She is known for her brand of analysis, largely in defense of a nonconsequentialist perspective-the view that some actions are right or wrong by virtue of something other than their consequences. This book questions the moral importance of some nonconsequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section…