Bad things : on the nature and normative role of harm / Neil Feit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feit, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Pain.

Suffering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Bad Things addresses various philosophical questions about the nature and moral relevance of harm. The most basic question is this: under what conditions does an event (or do some events) harm a given individual? Neil Feit focuses primarily on the metaphysics of harm, and he both defends and extends the counterfactual comparative account of harm.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Varieties of Harm

1.1 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Harm

1.2 Pro Tanto, Overall, and All-​Things-​Considered Harm

1.3 The Counterfactual Comparative Account

1.4 Harm at a Time

2. The Counterfactual Comparative Account

2.1 CCA and the Appeal of Making a Difference

2.2 CCA and Pro Tanto Harm

2.3 Some Objections Considered

2.4 Some Other Accounts of Harm

3. Preemption and the Plural Harm Approach

3.1 The Problem of Preemption (and Overdetermination)

3.2 The Plural Harm Approach

3.3 Comparing Comparative Approaches

4. CCA with Plural Harm: The Theory

4.1 How Events Harm Plurally

4.2 The Degree of Harm

4.3 The Time of Harm

4.4 A Worry about "Late Harms"

4.5 CCA with Plural Harm

5. CCA with Plural Harm: Metaphysical and Moral Issues

5.1 Can Harms Be Better Than Benefits?

5.2 Pluralities and Singularities

5.3 Another Objection to the Plural Harm Approach

5.4 Preemption and the Normative Relevance of Harm

6. Harm and the Failure to Benefit

6.1 The Problem of Omission

6.2 Some Solutions We Ought to Reject

6.3 Harming by Failing to Benefit

6.4 Moral Reasons against Harming

7. The Harm of Death

7.1 The Timing Problem and the Missing Subject

7.2 A Solution (and Some Alternate Solutions)

7.3 Objections and Replies

7.4 CCA, Counterfactuals, and the Harm of Death

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-766046-0

0-19-766045-2

OCLC:

1378391925