Absolutism and Its Consequentialist Critics

GOOD with a few pages of highlights. Light wear onceover with small creases and s few pages with creases. Eminently readable and useable. . . . . . . . . . . Is the judicial execution of the innocent permissible to deter crime Some advocates of consequentialism would respond yes, while moral absolutists argue that certain kinds of conduct, including this one, are absolutely prohibited, no matter what the consequences. This is the first collection that does justice to absolutism in its richness and subtleties. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) On a supposed right to lie from altruistic motives by Immanuel Kant -- 2.) Persons, means, and ends by Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw -- 3.) War and murder by G.E.M. Anscombe -- 4.) Cases of necessity by Alan Donagan -- 5.) The moral law and the law of God by Peter Geach -- 6.) Right and wrong as absolute by Charles Fried -- 7.) A critique of consequentialism by Bernard Williams -- 8.) What a good man can bring himself to do by R.G. Frey -- 9.) Absolutism and the good life by Stuart Hampshire -- 10.) Are there any absolute rights by Alan Gewirth -- 11.) The problem of abortion and the doctrine of the double effect by Philippa Foot -- 12.) Who is wronged by G.E.M. Anscombe -- 13.) Against moral conservatism by Kai Nielsen -- 14.) Whatever the consequences by Jonathan Bennett -- 15.) A note on Mr. Bennett by G.E.M. Anscombe -- 16.) On moral absolutism by James Rachels -- 17.) War and massacre by Thomas Nagel -- 18.) Utilitarianism and the rules of war by R.B. Brandt -- 19.) Rules of war and moral reasoning by R.M. Hare

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ISBN: 0847678407

ISBN-13: 9780847678402

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Year: 1994

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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