Isbn: 9780792364641 - imperceptible harms and benefits (library of ethics and applied philosophy, 8, band 8) (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: as new. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic, c2000. Hardcover. xiii,157 pp. 25 cm. (Library of ethics and applied philosophy (LOET), 8). - Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780792364641. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The papers collected here represent the most recent work on a much neglected problem in practical reasoning. It is the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. It is perhaps better to characterize the problem as a collection of puzzles or paradoxes, since those who deny the existence (or possibility) of imperceptible decrements (or increments) face problems no less perplexing than those who affinn their existence. The puzzles and paradoxes combine very practical and pressing worries about our obligations to relieve starvation, mitigate suffering and conserve resources, with deep metaethical worries about the nature of practical rationality. I use these brief introductory pages to familiarize the reader with the basic set of problems examined in this collection. Most of us think that an action cannot be wrong if its effects are entirely and always imperceptible. Jonathan Glover's fanciful example of the 100 armed bandits and the 100 Wlarmed tribesman clearly illustrates a deep worry with such moral reasoning.…

Zustand: New. A collection of papers that present the work on a problem in practical reasoning - the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. The puzzles and paradoxes combine worries about our obligations to relieve starvation, mitigate suffering and conserve resources, with metaethical worries about the nature of practical rationality and dynamic choice. Editor(s): Almeida, Michael J. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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