Moral DilemmasChristopher W. Gowans Oxford University Press, 1987 - 302 sider The essays in this volume illuminate a central topic in ethical theory: moral dilemmas. Some contemporary philosophers dispute the traditional view that a true moral dilemma - a situation in which a person has two irreconcilable moral duties - cannot exist. The book provides the historical background to the on-going debate with selections from Kant, Mill, Bradley, and Ross. The best recent work is represented in essays by Donagan, Foot, Hare, Marcus, Nagel, van Fraassen, Williams, and others. |
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The Debate on Moral Dilemmas | 3 |
Moral Duties | 34 |
Utilitarianism and Moral Conflicts | 52 |
Collision of Duties | 62 |
Prima Facie Duties | 83 |
Moral Dilemmas | 101 |
Ethical Consistency | 115 |
Values and the Hearts Command | 138 |
The Fragmentation of Value | 174 |
Moral Dilemmas and Consistency | 188 |
Moral Conflicts | 205 |
Against Moral Dilemmas | 239 |
Moral Realism and Moral Dilemma | 250 |
Consistency in Rationalist Moral Systems | 271 |
Bibliography | 291 |
Moral Dilemmas and Consistency in Ethics | 154 |
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