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Morality, Mortality

  • Paperback
  • 400 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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For students and thinkers in moral philosophy

Clarifies tough ethical issues like killing vs letting die

You will gain insights into ethical decision-making principles

Morality, Mortality delves into complex ethical dilemmas surrounding life and death.

In Morality, Mortality, Volume II, Kamm continues to explore questions of life and death as illustrations of general issues in moral theory. Resuming her development of non- consequentialist ethical theory and its application to practical ethical problems, she explores the distinction between killing and letting die, between harming and not aiding, and between intending and foreseeing harm. Throughout this examination, she focues on the methodology used in analyzing these questions. Kamm develops a principled account of when harming some to save others is permissable and impermissable. In the process, she discusses the "Survival Lottery and Trolley Problem," and other related dilemmatic situations. Kamm then covers the concepts of rights and prerogatives, contrasting a victim-focused ccount of rights with that of an agent-relative account. Here, she considers the problem of minimizing rights violations, and the significance of the status of inviolability. She concludes Volume II by assessing whether agreements or superogatory conduct may permissably override restrictions, and what their doing or not doing indicates about morality, duties, and prerogatives.
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  • Title

    Morality, Mortality

  • Author

    F. M. Kamm

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    January 2001

  • Weight

    586g

  • Page Count

    400

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195144024

  • ISBN-10

    0195144023

  • Eden Code

    4562292

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