What we ought and what we can

✍ Scribed by King, Alexandra Robin

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 121
Series: Routledge focus on philosophy.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Are we able to do everything we ought to do? According to the important but controversial Ought Implies Can principle, the answer is yes. In this book Alex King sheds some much-needed light on this principle. She argues that it is flawed because we are obligated to perform some actions that we cannot perform, and goes on to present a suggested theory for anyone who would deny the principle. She examines the Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

The principle --
The objections --
Must morality be fair? --
Toward a better explanation --
Implications and applications.

✦ Subjects

Responsibility;Possibility;Act (Philosophy);Agent (Philosophy);PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy;PHILOSOPHY / Social;PHILOSOPHY / General

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