Moral demands in nonideal theory / Liam B. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Liam B., 1960- author.

Series:

Oxford ethics series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford ethics series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benevolence.

Social ethics.

Utilitarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Murphy argues that the problem with utilitarianism is not that it requires too much sacrifice, but rather in our nonideal world of partial compliance it unfairly requires those who do comply to shoulder the shares of the noncompliers as well.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Over-demandingness, Alienation, and Confinement; 3. Doubts about Over-demandingness; 4. Moderate Beneficence?; 5. Responsibility in Nonideal Theory: The Compliance Condition; 6. The Distribution of the Effects of Compliance; 7. The Collective Principle of Beneficence; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773094-9

0-585-34692-5

1-280-42796-5

0-19-802413-4

0-19-534676-9

1-4237-8507-X

OCLC:

476010201