Larry S Temkin

Rethinking the Good

Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In choosing between moral alternatives ¿ choosing between various forms of ethical action ¿ we typically make calculations of the following kind: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. These inferences use the principle of transitivity and are fundamental to many forms of practical and theoretical theorizing, not just in moral and ethical theory but in economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9780190233716
• ISBN-10: 0190233710
• Artikelnr.: 47863599

Autorenporträt

Larry S. Temkin is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Aggregation and Problems about Trade-offs: Many-Person Spectrum
3. A "New" Principle of Aggregation
4. On the Separateness of Individuals, Compensation, and Aggregation
5. Aggregation and Problems about Trade-offs Within Lives: Single- Person Spectrum Arguments
6. Another Spectrum Argument: From Infant to Fertilized Ovum
7. Exploring Transitivity: Part I
8. Exploring Transitivity: Part II
9. Expected Utility Theory/Expected Value Theory
10. Spectrum Arguments: Objections and Replies
11. On the Value of Utility and Two Models for Combining Ideals
12. On the Nature of Moral Ideals, Part I
13. On the Nature of Moral Ideals, Part II
14. Juggling to Preserve Transitivity
15. Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index