Positive and negative duties / edited by Eric Mack.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mack, Eric, 1946-

Conference Name:

Tulane Conference on Positive and Negative Duties (1985 : Tulane University)

Series:

Tulane studies in philosophy ; v. 33.

Tulane studies in philosophy ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positivism.

Negativity (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Physical Description:

102 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Orleans, La. : Tulane University, 1985.

Contents:

Introduction / by Eric Mack

Obligations beyond borders / by James S. Fishkin

Is Fishkin's critique of impartial consequentialism impartial? / by Michael H. Robins

The power of positive government / by Hilliard Aronovitch

Moral myths and basic positive rights / by Tibor R. Machan

Positive rights, negative rights and property rights / by William Nelson

Positive/negative / by Jan Narveson

Defining duties and constructing morality / by Carolyn R. Morillo

A criterion for determining negativity and positivity of duties / by Richard L. Trammell

Is the distinction between positive actions and omissions value-neutral? / by Douglas N. Husak

Some reflections on the difference between positive and negative duties / by Michael Gorr.

Notes:

"On March 29-30, 1985 the Tulane University Philosophy Department ... held a Conference on Positive and Negative Duties. Invited papers were present by James S. Fishkin and Jan Narveson. The current papers by Michael H. Robins and Carolyn Morillo were originally presented as commentaries on the invited papers. The remaining papers ... were competitively selected ... from a large number of submissions made in response to a general call for papers."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

13132443