Moral demands in nonideal theory
"Is there a limit to the legitimate demands of morality? In particular, is there a limit to people's responsibility to promote the well-being of others, either directly or via social institutions? Utilitarianism admits no such limit and is for that reason often said to be an unacceptably demanding moral and political view. In this original new study, Liam Murphy argues ingeniously that the charge of excessive demands turns out to be little more than an affirmation of the moral and political sta…
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- Full title :Moral demands in nonideal theory / Liam B. Murphy.
Summary
"Is there a limit to the legitimate demands of morality? In particular, is there a limit to people's responsibility to promote the well-being of others, either directly or via social institutions? Utilitarianism admits no such limit and is for that reason often said to be an unacceptably demanding moral and political view. In this original new study, Liam Murphy argues ingeniously that the charge of excessive demands turns out to be little more than an affirmation of the moral and political status quo"--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
Notes
Originally published: 2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 168 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0195171950, 9780195171952, 0195079760, 9780195079760
- oclc:ocm54054307
- LC Classification:BJ1474
- Dewey Decimal:170.42
Table of Contents
Over-demandingness, alienation, and confinement -- Doubts about over-demandingness -- Moderate beneficence? -- Responsibility in nonideal theory: the compliance condition -- The distribution of the effects of compliance -- The collective principle of beneficence.
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