Morality and action

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This collection contains Warren Quinn's most important contributions to moral philosophy and has been edited for publication by Philippa Foot.

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Full title :Morality and action / Warren Quinn.

Summary

This collection contains Warren Quinn's most important contributions to moral philosophy and has been edited for publication by Philippa Foot.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:1993.

Notes

Edited by Philippa Foot.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 255 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521441641, 9780521441643, 0521446961, 9780521446969
oclc:ocm27380497
LC Classification:BJ1012
Dewey Decimal:170

1. Moral and other realisms: Some initial difficulties -- 2. Abortion: Identity and loss -- 3. The right to threaten and the right to punish -- 4. Reply to Brook -- 5. Truth and explanation in ethics -- 6. Reflection and the loss of moral knowledge: Williams on objectivity -- 7. Actions, intentions, and consequences: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing -- 8. Actions, intentions, and consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect -- 9. Reply to Boyle's "Who is entitled to Double Effect?" -- 10. The puzzle of the self-torturer -- 11. Rationality and the human good -- 12. Putting rationality in its place.

Subjects

Act (Philosophy) Acte (Philosophie) Action (Philosophie) Ethics ethics (philosophy) Ethik Éthique Handelen Handlung Jugement (morale) moraal Morale Philosophy