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Oxford Ethics Ser.: Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm by F. M. Kamm (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195189698
ISBN-139780195189698
eBay Product ID (ePID)46011420
Product Key Features
Number of Pages520 Pages
Publication NameIntricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectEthics & Moral Philosophy, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Psychology
AuthorF. M. Kamm
SeriesOxford Ethics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight31.7 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-047341
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsIn the end, professional moral philosophers cannot reasonably ignore Intricate Ethics...Kamm continues to prove herself the most imaginative, detail-oriented deontologist writing in English today...Professor Kamm is in a class by herself., "Intricate Ethics is a major event in normative ethical theory by a living master of the subject. Kamm continues to prove herself the most imaginative, detail-oriented deontologist writing in English today."-Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Intricate Ethics is a major event in normative ethical theory by a living master of the subject. Kamm continues to prove herself the most imaginative, detail-oriented deontologist writing in English today."-Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [Kamm] is the most sophisticated of the contemporary exponents of "intuitionist" or "non-consequentalist" ethics... No one makes such extraordinarily meticulous and penetrating attempts to extract the principles behind our ordinary moral intuitions... I highly recomment it as an inclusive and subtle attempt to work out non-consequentialism on an intuitionist basis., "Intricate Ethics is a major event in normative ethical theory by a living master of the subject. Kamm continues to prove herself the most imaginative, detail-oriented deontologist writing in English today."-Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, This is a fascinating book, with insightful discussions of a wide range of philosophical topics and contemporary philosophers. All philosophers will gain from reading it., "Intricate Ethicsis a major event in normative ethical theory by a living master of the subject. Kamm continues to prove herself the most imaginative, detail-oriented deontologist writing in English today."-Jeffrey Brand-Ballard,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal171/.5
SynopsisF.M. Kamm is one of the leading ethical theorists working in philosophy today. She has become well known for her brand of exacting analysis, largely in defense of a non-consequentialist perspective - the view that some actions are right or wrong by virtue of something other than their consequences. In Intricate Ethics, Kamm questions the moral importance of some non-consequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section provides a general introduction to non-consequentialist ethical theory followed by more detailed discussion of distinctions relevant to instrumental rationality and to the famous "Trolley Problem"; the second deals with the notions of moral status and rights; the third takes up the notions of responsibility and complicity, and discusses new issues in non-consequentialist theory including the "problem of distance." Finally, adding to the first section's discussions of the views of Warren Quinn and Peter Unger, the fourth section analyzes the views of others in the non-consequentialist and consequentialist camps such as Peter Singer, Daniel Kahnemann, Bernard Gert, and Thomas Scanlon., In Intricate Ethics, Kamm questions the moral importance of some non-consequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section discusses nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the trolley problem; the second deals with the notions of moral status and rights; the third takes up the issues of responsibility and complicity and the possible moral significance of distance; and the fourth section analyzes the views of others in the non-consequentialist and consequentialist camps.
LC Classification NumberBJ1031.K36 2006
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