Slave-holders, Nazis, and psychopaths are indisputably bad people. But the ways in which they attempt to justify their actions provide uncomfortable parallels with our own moral deliberations. Moral philosophy provides tools for examining and evaluating our moral deliberations, and so serve an important function in moral education.
Slave-holders, Nazis, and psychopaths are indisputably bad people. But the ways in which they attempt to justify their actions provide uncomfortable parallels with our own moral deliberations. Moral philosophy provides tools for examining and evaluating our moral deliberations, and so serve an important function in moral education.
Diane Jeske is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, where she has taught since 1992. She received her PhD at MIT. Her publications have focused on issues concerning the nature of friendship and our obligations to friends and other intimates. She is the author of Rationality and Moral Theory: How Intimacy Generates Reasons (Routledge, 2008).
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Chapter One: Learning From Evil Chapter Two: Just the Bad and the Ugly Chapter Three: The Role of Culture in Moral Assessment Chapter Four: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Chapter Five: The Feeling of Morality Chapter Six: Moral Evasion Conclusions: The Moral of the Story of Mr. Jefferson
Chapter One: Learning From Evil Chapter Two: Just the Bad and the Ugly Chapter Three: The Role of Culture in Moral Assessment Chapter Four: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Chapter Five: The Feeling of Morality Chapter Six: Moral Evasion Conclusions: The Moral of the Story of Mr. Jefferson
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