Deontology

by Darwall, Stephen L.

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Full title :Deontology / edited by Stephen Darwall.

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Deontology is a major approach to normative ethical theory that holds that whether an agent's action is right or wrong depends not just on consequences, but also on other "agent-relative" features of an individual's situation - their relations to others, to past actions, and so on. One classical source for this view is Kant's idea that every person has an inestimable worth, or dignity, that cannot be traded off against other values. But the idea is also prominent in "intuitionist" deontologists, who hold that many different moral considerations and principles exist, and that these cannot be reduced to any fundamental principle or value. [This book] collects ... both the major classical sources and the central contemporary discussions of this ... position.-Back cover

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Publication Date:2004.

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Publisher(s):Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

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oclc:ocm55590370
Dewey Decimal:171.2

Classical sources: from Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals / I. Kant; from The metaphysics of morals / I. Kant; On a supposed right to lie from philanthropy / I. Kant; from A review of the principal questions in morals / R. Prices; from The right and the good / W.D. Ross -- Contemporary expressions: Moral constraints and moral goals / R. Nozick; Agent-relativity and deontology / T. Nagel; Agent-centered restrictions from the inside out / S. Darwall; The trolley problem / J.J. Thomson; Harming some to save others / F.M. Kamm; Actions, intentions, and consequences, the doctrine of double effect / W.S. Quinn; The right to lie, Kant on dealing with evil / C.M. Korsgaard.