Freedom and Fulfillment : : Philosophical Essays / / Joel Feinberg.
Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen essays, three of them previously unpublished, reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in the field of legal philosophy. With a clarity and humor that will be familiar to readers of his other works, Fei...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming (1986)
- CHAPTER TWO Abortion (1979
- CHAPTER THREE The Child's Right to an Open Future (1980)
- CHAPTER FOUR Sentiment and Sentimentality in Practical Ethics (1982)
- CHAPTER FIVE Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion (1975)
- CHAPTER SIX Civil Disobedience in the Modern World (1979)
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Moral and Legal Responsibility of the Bad Samaritan (1984)
- CHAPTER EIGHT In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Bare Existence (1990)
- CHAPTER NINE In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Social Importance (1990)
- CHAPTER TEN In Defense of Moral Bights: Their Constitutional Relevance (1990)
- CHAPTER ELEVEN An Unpromising Approach to the "Right to Die" (1991)
- CHAPTER TWELVE Seven Modes of Reasoning That Can Justify Overlooking the Merits of the Individual Case-When the Facts Are Right (1991)
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Absurd Self-Fulfillment (1980)
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Absurd and the Comic: Why Does Some Incongruity Please? (1989)
- Index