Ethics without intention

by Di Nucci, Ezio

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Title Statements

Full title :Ethics without intention / Ezio Di Nucci.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 266 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781472523006, 1472523008, 9781472532961, 1472532961
oclc:ocn860395551
LC Classification:BJ1500.D68
Dewey Decimal:170

We never do just one thing -- Definitions first : classic formulations of the doctrine -- Back to the beginning : Aristotle, Aquinas and the origins of double effect -- The trolley problem -- An experimental approach to the permissibility of killing one to save five -- A theoretical problem with double effect : closeness -- Kamm, Kant and double effect -- The classic application of double effect : collateral damages -- An experimental approach to the distinction between intending and merely foreseeing -- Bioethical applications : the example of embryo loss and stem cell research -- What shall I do? The doctrine cannot tell us how we may permissibly act -- Responsibility, character and Mends.