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10 Moral Paradoxes - Saul Smilansky

10 Moral Paradoxes

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Buch | Hardcover
160 Seiten
2007
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-6086-5 (ISBN)
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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

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.

List of Figures viii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Fortunate Misfortune 11

2 The Paradox of Beneficial Retirement 23

3 Two Paradoxes about Justice and the Severity of Punishment 33

4 Blackmail: The Solution 42

5 The Paradox of Non-Punishment 50

6 On Not Being Sorry about the Morally Bad 59

7 Choice-Egalitarianism and the Paradox of the Baseline 67

8 Morality and Moral Worth 77

9 The Paradox of Moral Complaint 90

10 Preferring Not to Have Been Born 100

11 A Meta-Paradox: Are Paradoxes Bad? 113

12 Reflections on Moral Paradox 122

Postscript: The Future and Moral Paradox 134

References 138

Index 142

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.7.2007
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 226 mm
Gewicht 318 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
ISBN-10 1-4051-6086-1 / 1405160861
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-6086-5 / 9781405160865
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