Modest deontologism in epistemology
โ Scribed by Richard Feldman
- Book ID
- 106540192
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 161
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-7857
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The central issue in modern moral philosophy is the question of what acts are morally right, and why. An answer to this question is a theory of the right, and such theories have fallen into three groups. We may distinguish, in rough terms, between motive theories, results theories and deontological
There are many types of deontological moral philosophy, all having in common the assumption that duty, obligation, tightness-wrongness, and related concepts, are primary in ethics. The empirical value of consequences, the "good life," and so on, are ancillary. It will prove fruitful however to draw