Developing Deontology: New Essays in Ethical Theory

✍ Scribed by Brad Hooker (ed.)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 129
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Developing Deontology consists of six new essays in ethical theory by leading contemporary moral philosophers. Each essay considers concepts prominent in the development of deontological approaches to ethics, and these essays offer an invaluable contribution to that development.

Essays are contributed by Michael Smith, Philip Stratton-Lake, Ralph Wedgewood, David Owens, Peter Vallentyne, and Elizabeth Harman - all leading contemporary moral philosophers
Each essay offers an original and previously unpublished contribution to the subject
A significant addition to the field for anyone with an interest in the development of deontology
The collection is edited by a leading philosophical scholar

Content:
Chapter 1 Deontological Moral Obligations and Non?Welfarist Agent?Relative Values (pages 1–13): Michael Smith
Chapter 2 Recalcitrant Pluralism (pages 15–34): Philip Stratton?Lake
Chapter 3 Defending Double Effect (pages 35–52): Ralph Wedgwood
Chapter 4 The Possibility of Consent (pages 53–72): David Owens
Chapter 5 Enforcement Rights against Non?Culpable Non?Just Intrusion (pages 73–93): Peter Vallentyne
Chapter 6 Does Moral Ignorance Exculpate? (pages 95–120): Elizabeth Harman

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