Daniel Munoz (USA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sarah Stroud (USA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Ethical Theory

50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments

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Produktbeschreibung

In this new kind of introduction to ethical theory, Daniel Muà oz and Sarah Stroud present 50 of the fieldâ s most exciting puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments.

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Produktdetails

• Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments in Philosophy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781032335162
• ISBN-10: 1032335165
• Artikelnr.: 70151980

Autorenporträt

Daniel Muñoz is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Core Faculty in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He received his PhD from MIT in 2019, and is writing a book about the foundations of deontology entitled What We Owe to Ourselves . Sarah Stroud is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She has published widely in ethical theory, moral psychology, and metaethics and was a co-editor (with Hugh LaFollette, Editor-in-Chief, and John Deigh) of The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (9 volumes; 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Utility and Consequences 1. George and the Bioweapons 2.
The Utility Monster 3. Parfit's Harmless Torturers 4. Infinite Utility 5.
World Cup Accident 2. Killing, Letting Die, and Trolley Problems 6. The
Trolley Problem, Part I: Bystander at the Switch 7. The Trolley Problem,
Part II: Footbridge 8. Drowning and Letting Drown 9. The Tactical Bomber
and the Terror Bomber 10. The Trolley Problem, Part III: The Meta-Trolley
Problem 3. Puzzles about Rights 11. The Paradox of Deontology 12.
Nowheresville 13. Thomson's Violinist 14. Feinberg's Cabin 15. The Paradox
of Self-Release 4. Partiality 16. Singer's Pond 17. David and the Scarce
Drug (The Numbers Problem) 18. The Third Man 19. The Archbishop and the
Valet 20. One Thought Too Many 5. Moral Dilemmas 21. Kant's Murderer at the
Door 22. Jim and the Villagers 23. Sophie's Choice 24. The Gentle Murder
Paradox 6. Supererogation 25. The Paradox of Supererogation 26. The All or
Nothing Problem 27. Kamm's Intransitivity Paradox 28. What's Wrong with
Exploitation? 7. Well-Being and Value 29. The Experience Machine 30. Should
We Wish for Immortality? 31. Should We Fear Death? 32. Moore's Beautiful
World 33. Sweetening 8. Moral Psychology and Motivation 34. The Ring of
Gyges 35. Moral Worth 36. Augustine's Pears 37. The Deferential Wife 9.
Moral Responsibility 38. Frankfurt Cases 39. Wolf's JoJo 40. The Paradox of
Forgiveness 41. Moral Luck (The Lorry Driver) 10. Belief and Ignorance 42.
Wronging by Believing? 43. The Miners Puzzle 44. Moral Uncertainty 45.
Cluelessness 11. Future Generations 46. Ex Machina and the Future of AI 47.
Children of Men 48. The Procreation Asymmetry 49. The Non-Identity Problem
50. The Repugnant Conclusion. Index