UID:
almahu_9949525764402882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 217 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009336772 (ebook)
Content:
What should morally conscientious agents do if they must choose among options that are somewhat right and somewhat wrong? Should one select an option that is right to the highest degree, or would it perhaps be more rational to choose randomly among all somewhat right options? And how should lawmakers and courts address behaviour that is neither entirely right nor entirely wrong? In this first book-length discussion of the 'gray area' in ethics, Martin Peterson challenges the assumption that rightness and wrongness are binary properties and explores acts which are neither entirely right nor entirely wrong, but rather a bit of both. Including discussions of white lies and the permissibility of abortion, Peterson's book presents a gradualist theory of right and wrong designed to answer these and other practical questions about the gray area in ethics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 May 2023).
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Meaning tracks use -- Conflicting reasons -- Conflicting sources of normativity -- The binary theory -- Moral indeterminacy and vagueness -- Normative ethics for gradualists -- Rational choice for gradualists -- Indeterminate and vague laws -- Depolarization.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781009336789
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009336772
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