Moral dilemmas / / Daniel Statman.
Moral dilemmas set a challenge for ethical theory. They are situations where agents seem to be under an obligation both to do, and to refrain from doing, a specific act. Are such situations possible? What is their exact nature? These are the questions that Moral Dilemmas tries to answer. The book ar...
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Statman, Daniel, author. Moral dilemmas / Daniel Statman. Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Atlanta, Georgia : Editions Rodopi B.V., [1995] ©1995 1 online resource (185 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Value inquiry book series Moral dilemmas set a challenge for ethical theory. They are situations where agents seem to be under an obligation both to do, and to refrain from doing, a specific act. Are such situations possible? What is their exact nature? These are the questions that Moral Dilemmas tries to answer. The book argues that moral theories should not allow for the possibility of irresolvable dilemmas, for situations in which no right answer exists. To this end, arguments seeking to prove the existence of irresolvable dilemmas, especially the argument from the incommensurability of values, are discussed at length and refuted. The book shows that though on the normative level dilemmas are resolved, they typically involve a high moral cost for which there is no adequate compensation. This moral cost is the source of the regret and pain suffered by agents in moral dilemmas. Thus, moral dilemmas do not point to any inconsistency in our moral reasoning or theory, but to a problematic aspect of the human condition; at times (probably less often than is usually believed), human beings are justified, and even required, to dirty their hands by behaving in ways that in ordinary situations would be strictly forbidden and condemned. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One: What Is a Moral Dilemma? 1 Dilemmas and Conflicts -- 2 Dilemmas: the Necessity of Doing Evil -- 3 Moral Uncertainty and Moral Dilemmas -- 4 Dilemmas and Tragedy -- 5 Types of Dilemmas -- 7 Summary -- Chapter Two: Are Dilemmas Possible? 1 The Argument from Permissibility -- 2 The Argument from Possibility -- 3 Ought Implies Can -- 4 Ethical Theory and Moral Dilemmas -- 5 The Alleged Neutrality of Deontic Logic -- Chapter Three: The Incommensurability of Values and Moral Dilemmas -- 1 The Idea of Incommensurability -- 2 The Incommensurability of Values -- 3 Are Incommensurable Values Comparable? 4 Moral Theory and the Plurality of Values -- Chapter Four: A Right Answer to Moral Dilemmas -- 1 Phenomenological Arguments -- 2 Theoretical Arguments -- 3 Skeptical Considerations -- 4 Moral Objections to RAT -- 5 Prima Facie and Actual Obligations -- Chapter Five: Are Dilemmas Real? 1 On the Defeasibility of Duties -- 2 Arguments for the Reality of the Overridden Duty -- 3 Guilt Feelings and Dirty Hands -- 4 External Justification for Guilt-Feelings -- 5 Moral Costs and Internal Justification for Regret -- 6 Moral Dilemmas and Moral Luck -- 7 The So-Called Reality of the Overridden Duty -- Summary of the Argument -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index. Description based on print version record. Decision making Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics. Print version: Statman, Daniel Moral Dilemmas Boston : BRILL,c1995 9789051838640 Value inquiry book series. |
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Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One: What Is a Moral Dilemma? 1 Dilemmas and Conflicts -- 2 Dilemmas: the Necessity of Doing Evil -- 3 Moral Uncertainty and Moral Dilemmas -- 4 Dilemmas and Tragedy -- 5 Types of Dilemmas -- 7 Summary -- Chapter Two: Are Dilemmas Possible? 1 The Argument from Permissibility -- 2 The Argument from Possibility -- 3 Ought Implies Can -- 4 Ethical Theory and Moral Dilemmas -- 5 The Alleged Neutrality of Deontic Logic -- Chapter Three: The Incommensurability of Values and Moral Dilemmas -- 1 The Idea of Incommensurability -- 2 The Incommensurability of Values -- 3 Are Incommensurable Values Comparable? 4 Moral Theory and the Plurality of Values -- Chapter Four: A Right Answer to Moral Dilemmas -- 1 Phenomenological Arguments -- 2 Theoretical Arguments -- 3 Skeptical Considerations -- 4 Moral Objections to RAT -- 5 Prima Facie and Actual Obligations -- Chapter Five: Are Dilemmas Real? 1 On the Defeasibility of Duties -- 2 Arguments for the Reality of the Overridden Duty -- 3 Guilt Feelings and Dirty Hands -- 4 External Justification for Guilt-Feelings -- 5 Moral Costs and Internal Justification for Regret -- 6 Moral Dilemmas and Moral Luck -- 7 The So-Called Reality of the Overridden Duty -- Summary of the Argument -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index. |
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