The principal aim of this book is to develop and defend an analysis of the concept of moral obligation. What it seeks to do is generate new solutions to a range of philosophical problems concerning obligation and its application. Among these problems are deontic paradoxes, the supersession of obligation, conditional obligation, actualism and possibilism, dilemmas, supererogation, and cooperation. By virtue of its normative neutrality, the analysis provides a theoretical framework within which competing theories of obligation can be developed and assessed.
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The principal aim of this book is to develop and defend an analysis of the concept of moral obligation. What it seeks to do is generate new solutions to a range of philosophical problems concerning obligation and its application. Amongst these problems are deontic paradoxes, the supersession of obligation, conditional obligation, actualism and possibilism, dilemmas, supererogation, and cooperation. By virtue of its normative neutrality, the analysis provides a theoretical framework within which competing theories of obligation can be developed and assessed.
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deontic value, best world accessible, overall moral obligation, factual detachment, overall obligatory, overall obligated, prohibition dilemmas, remote obligation, basic moral dilemmas, deontic detachment, overall obligation, overall permissible, facie permissible, facie obligation, deontic paradoxes, necessity detachment, subsidiary obligation, hypothetical obligation, nonbinding sense, prima facie obligatory, morally relevant value, obligation dilemmas, conditional obligation, deontic status, maximizing theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Categorical Imperative, Sat Tin, Fred Feldman, Good Samaritan Paradox, Oak Street, Bernard Williams, Joel Feinberg, Simple Assumption, Future Framework, Future Zone of Indeterminacy, Paradox of the Knower, Roderick Chisholm, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Wat Tand New!
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deontic value, best world accessible, overall moral obligation, factual detachment, overall obligatory, overall obligated, prohibition dilemmas, remote obligation, basic moral dilemmas, deontic detachment, overall obligation, overall permissible, facie permissible, facie obligation, deontic paradoxes, necessity detachment, subsidiary obligation, hypothetical obligation, nonbinding sense, prima facie obligatory, morally relevant value, obligation dilemmas, conditional obligation, deontic status, maximizing theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Categorical Imperative, Sat Tin, Fred Feldman, Good Samaritan Paradox, Oak Street, Bernard Williams, Joel Feinberg, Simple Assumption, Future Framework, Future Zone of Indeterminacy, Paradox of the Knower, Roderick Chisholm, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Wat Tand New!
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- Moral Dilemmas by Christopher W. Gowans on 5 pages
- The Right and the Good by W. D. Ross on 4 pages
- The Right and the Good (British Moral Philosophers) by David Ross on 4 pages
- International Library of Philosophy: Philosophical Studies by G.E. Moore in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Moral Dilemmas (Philosophical Theory) by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong in Back Matter
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- Deontic Morality and Control (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Ishtiyaque Haji in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Good, the Right, Life And Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman by Kris McDaniel in Front Matter, and page 170
- Faces of Intention: Selected Essays on Intention and Agency (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Michael E. Bratman in Front Matter
- Inalienable Rights: The Limits of Consent in Medicine and the Law by Terrance McConnell in Back Matter
- On Clear and Confused Ideas: An Essay about Substance Concepts (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Ruth Garrett Millikan in Front Matter
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