Partiality

Partiality

by Keller, Simon

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We are partial to people with whom we share special relationships--if someone is your child, parent, or friend, you wouldn't treat them as you would a stranger. But is partiality justified, and if so, why? Partiality presents a theory of the reasons supporting special treatment within special relationships and explores the vexing problem of how we might reconcile the moral value of these relationships with competing claims of impartial morality. Simon Keller explains that in order to understand…

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  • Full title :Partiality / Simon Keller.

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We are partial to people with whom we share special relationships--if someone is your child, parent, or friend, you wouldn't treat them as you would a stranger. But is partiality justified, and if so, why? Partiality presents a theory of the reasons supporting special treatment within special relationships and explores the vexing problem of how we might reconcile the moral value of these relationships with competing claims of impartial morality. Simon Keller explains that in order to understand why we give special treatment to our family and friends, we need to understand how people come to matter in their own rights.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781400846382, 1400846382, 1299557945, 9781299557949
  • DOI:10.1515/9781400846382
  • oclc:ocn844364159
  • LC Classification:HM1106
  • Dewey Decimal:302

Table of Contents

Special relationships and special reasons -- My projects -- Our relationship -- Your value -- My response to your value.

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Subjects

Interpersonal relations -- Philosophy Philosophy (General) PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology

Writers

Keller, Simon

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