Saul Smilansky

10 Moral Paradoxes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a focused, concrete case for the centrality of paradoxes within morality.

Explores what these paradoxes can teach us about morality and the human condition
Considers a broad range of subjects, from familiar topics to rarely posed questions, among them "Fortunate Misfortune", "Beneficial Retirement" and "Preferring Not To Have Been Born"
Asks whether the existence of moral paradox is a good or a bad thing
Presents analytic moral philosophy in a provocative, engaging and entertaining way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes themselves

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781405160865
• ISBN-10: 1405160861
• Artikelnr.: 22752839

Autorenporträt

Saul Smilansky is a professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Free Will and Illusion, (2000) and has published articles in many of the leading philosophical journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Fortunate Misfortune. 2. The Paradox of
Beneficial Retirement. 3. Two Paradoxes About Justice and the Severity of
Punishment. 4. Blackmail: The Solution. 5. The Paradox of Nonpunishment. 6.
On Not Being Sorry About the Morally Bad. 7. Choice-Egalitarianism and the
Paradox of the Baseline. 8. Morality and Moral Worth. 9. The Paradox of
Moral Complaint. 10. Preferring Not To Have Been Born. 11. A Meta-Paradox:
Are Paradoxes Bad?. 12. Reflections On Moral Paradox. Postscript: The
Future and Moral Paradox. References. Index.