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Verlag: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195108590ISBN 13: 9780195108590
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 1996
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
PAPERBACK, very good lightly used copy, with a few minor pencil lines neatly erased from margins on a few pages at start. UNGER, PETER K. Living high and letting die: our illusion of innocence. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, later printing, xii, 187pp., . By sending a few hundred dollars to a group like UNICEF, any well-off person can ensure that fewer poor children die, and that more live reasonably long, worthwhile lives. But even when knowing this, almost all of us send nothing and, among the contributors, most send precious little. What's the moral status of this behavior? To such common cases of letting die, our untutored response is that, while it's not very good, neither is the conduct wrong. How can we best explain this lenient intuitive assessment? In this hard-hitting new book, philosopher Peter Unger argues that, all too often, our moral intuitions about cases are generated not by the basic moral values we hold, but by psychological dispositions that prevent us from reacting in accord with our deep moral commitments. Through a detailed look at how these disorienting tendencies operate, Unger reveals that, on the good morality we already accept, our fatally unhelpful behavior is monstrously wrong., Confronting us with both arresting facts and easily followed instructions for lessening the suffering of youngsters in mortal danger, Living High and Letting Die can help us live the morally decent lives that agree with our wonderfully deep, and deeply wonderful, true moral values. - CONTENTS: Illusions of innocence: an introduction -- Living high and letting die: a puzzle about behavior toward people in great need -- Living high, stealing and letting die: the main truth of some related puzzles -- Between some rocks and some hard places: on causing and preventing serious loss -- Between some harder rocks and rockier hard places: on distortional separating and revelatory grouping -- Living high and letting die reconsidered: on the costs of a morality decent life -- Metaethics, better ethics: from complex semantics to simple decency. 9780195108590 ISBN 0195108590.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195108590ISBN 13: 9780195108590
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
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Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1996. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf-wear. Previous bookstore's sticker on back cover. Else clean copy. Very Good.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195108590ISBN 13: 9780195108590
Anbieter: Ammareal, Morangis, Frankreich
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Softcover. Zustand: Très bon. Edition 1996. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Edition 1996. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
Verlag: Oxford, Oxford University Press 1996, 1996
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar), Hasselt, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
xii + 187pp., softcover, 24cm., VG.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, New York, 1996
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [2], 3-187, [1] pp. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. One gathering (four leaves) bound upside down. Following in the footsteps of Peter Singer's landmark essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", Unger examines a number of difficult moral thought-experiments and typical reactions to them. He argues that our moral intuitions are often based on confusion brought about by psychological tendencies rather than our true moral commitments. Ultimately, Unger develops an argument in favor of the claim that it is morally wrong to fail to lessen the suffering of people who are distant from us. A very attractive copy of Unger's influential book.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195075897ISBN 13: 9780195075892
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ex-lib with minimal labeling. No jacket, if issued. Otherwise VG. Light shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, NO foxing or markings. Binding tight.