Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory.

By: Mason, H. EMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195357127Subject(s): Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects | Dilemma | EthicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral Dilemmas and Moral TheoryDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1031 -- .M665 1996ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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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Intro -- 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.

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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