Lisa Tessman

Moral Failure

On the Impossible Demands of Morality

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Produktbeschreibung

Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality asks what happens when the sense that "I must" collides with the realization that "I can't." Bringing together philosophical and empirical work in moral psychology, Lisa Tessman here examines moral requirements that are non-negotiable and that contravene the principle that "ought implies can."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780190650919
• ISBN-10: 0190650915
• Artikelnr.: 47863104

Autorenporträt

Lisa Tessman is Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. Her previous publications have been in ethics, feminist philosophy, and related areas. Her more recent work integrates philosophical ethics with empirical moral psychology. She is the author of Burdened Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
Part I: Are There Impossible Moral Requirements?
1. Moral Dilemmas and Impossible Moral Requirements
2. Moral Intuition and Moral Reasoning
3. Risking Confidence
Part II: Evasions
4. Witnessing Moral Failure
5. Idealizing Morality
Part III: Endless Demands
6. Minimizing the Demands of Morality
7. On Having an Inexhaustible Source of Moral Requirements
Conclusion
References
Index