The Geometry Of Desert
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The Geometry Of Desert
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Author : Shelly Kagan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-04
The Geometry Of Desert written by Shelly Kagan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-04 with Philosophy categories.
People differ in terms of how morally deserving they are. And it is a good thing if people get what they deserve. Accordingly, it is important to work out an adequate theory of moral desert. But while certain aspects of such a theory have been frequently discussed in the philosophical literature, many others have been surprisingly neglected. For example, if it is indeed true that it is morally good for people to get what they deserve, does it always do the same amount of good when someone gets what they deserve? Or does it matter how deserving the person is? If we cannot give someone exactly what they deserve, is it better to give too much-or better to give too little? Does being twice as virtuous make you twice as deserving? And how are we to take into account the thought that what you deserve depends in part on how others are doing? The Geometry of Desert explores a number of these less familiar questions, using graphs to illustrate the various possible answers. The result is a more careful investigation into the nature of moral desert than has ever previously been offered, one that reveals desert to have a hidden complexity that most of us have failed to recognize.
Desert Collapses
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Author : Stephen Kershnar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-18
Desert Collapses written by Stephen Kershnar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-18 with Philosophy categories.
People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false. At the heart of desert is the notion of moral credit or discredit. People deserve good things (credit) when they are good people or do desirable things. These desirable things might be right, good, or virtuous acts. People deserve bad things (discredit) when they are bad people or do undesirable things. On some theories, people deserve credit in general terms. For instance, they deserve a good life. On other theories, people deserve credit in specific terms. For instance, they deserve specific incomes, jobs, punishments, relationships, or reputations. The author’s argument against desert rests on three claims: There is no adequate theory of what desert is. Even if there were an adequate theory of what desert is, nothing grounds (justifies) desert. Even if there were an adequate theory of what desert is and something were to ground it, there is no plausible account of what people deserve. Desert Collapses will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in ethics and political philosophy.
The Limits Of Morality
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Author : Shelly Kagan
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1989-03-09
The Limits Of Morality written by Shelly Kagan and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-09 with Philosophy categories.
Most of us believe that there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand of us. We also think that certain types of acts are simply forbidden, even when necessary for promoting the overall good. Here Kagan argues that attempts to defend these sorts of moral limit are inadequate. In thus rejecting two of the most fundamental features of commonsense morality, the book offers a sustained attack on our ordinary moral views.
Desert Collapses
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Author : Stephen Kershnar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-18
Desert Collapses written by Stephen Kershnar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-18 with Philosophy categories.
People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work. This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct, then claims that people deserve general and specific things are false. At the heart of desert is the notion of moral credit or discredit. People deserve good things (credit) when they are good people or do desirable things. These desirable things might be right, good, or virtuous acts. People deserve bad things (discredit) when they are bad people or do undesirable things. On some theories, people deserve credit in general terms. For instance, they deserve a good life. On other theories, people deserve credit in specific terms. For instance, they deserve specific incomes, jobs, punishments, relationships, or reputations. The author’s argument against desert rests on three claims: There is no adequate theory of what desert is. Even if there were an adequate theory of what desert is, nothing grounds (justifies) desert. Even if there were an adequate theory of what desert is and something were to ground it, there is no plausible account of what people deserve. Desert Collapses will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in ethics and political philosophy.
The Changing Shape Of Geometry
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Author : Mathematical Association of America
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-09
The Changing Shape Of Geometry written by Mathematical Association of America and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-09 with Mathematics categories.
Collection of popular articles on geometry from distinguished mathematicians and educationalists.
Analogs Of Yuma Terrain In The Northwest African Desert
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Author : Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Analogs Of Yuma Terrain In The Northwest African Desert written by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Africa, Northwest categories.
Philosophical Foundations Of Human Rights
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Author : Rowan Cruft
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Philosophical Foundations Of Human Rights written by Rowan Cruft and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Law categories.
What makes something a human right? What is the relationship between the moral foundations of human rights and human rights law? What are the difficulties of appealing to human rights? This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on the philosophical foundations of human rights. Divided into four parts, this book focuses firstly on the moral grounds of human rights, for example in our dignity, agency, interests or needs. Secondly, it looks at the implications that different moral perspectives on human rights bear for human rights law and politics. Thirdly, it discusses specific and topical human rights including freedom of expression and religion, security, health and more controversial rights such as a human right to subsistence. The final part discusses nuanced critical and reformative views on human rights from feminist, Kantian and relativist perspectives among others. The essays represent new and canonical research by leading scholars in the field. Each section is structured as a set of essays and replies, offering a comprehensive analysis of different positions within the debate in question. The introduction from the editors will guide researchers and students navigating the diversity of views on the philosophical foundations of human rights.
Analogs Of Yuma Terrain In The Middle East Desert
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Author : Charles R. Kolb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Analogs Of Yuma Terrain In The Middle East Desert written by Charles R. Kolb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Deserts categories.
Does The Pro Life Worldview Make Sense
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Author : Stephen Kershnar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-03
Does The Pro Life Worldview Make Sense written by Stephen Kershnar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Philosophy categories.
This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity. These issues are important because major religious branches (for example, Catholicism and some large branches of Evangelicalism) and leading politicians assert, or are committed to, the following: (a) it is permissible to prevent some people from going to hell, (b) abortion prevents some people from going to hell, and (c) abortion is wrong. They also assert, or are committed to, the following: (d) it is permissible to use defensive violence to prevent people from killing innocents, (e) doctors who perform abortions kill innocents, and (f) it is wrong to use defensive violence against doctors who perform abortions. Stephen Kershnar argues that these and other principles are inconsistent. Along the way, he explores the ways in which theories of hell, right forfeiture, and good consequences relate to each other and the above inconsistencies.
The Age Of Culpability
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Author : Gideon Yaffe
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-03-15
The Age Of Culpability written by Gideon Yaffe and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Law categories.
Why be lenient towards children who commit crimes? Reflection on the grounds for such leniency is the entry point into the development, in this book, of a theory of the nature of criminal responsibility and desert of punishment for crime. Gideon Yaffe argues that child criminals are owed lesser punishments than adults thanks not to their psychological, behavioural, or neural immaturity but, instead, because they are denied the vote. This conclusion is reached through accounts of the nature of criminal culpability, desert for wrongdoing, strength of legal reasons, and what it is to have a say over the law. The centrepiece of this discussion is the theory of criminal culpability. To be criminally culpable is for one's criminal act to manifest a failure to grant sufficient weight to the legal reasons to refrain. The stronger the legal reasons, then, the greater the criminal culpability. Those who lack a say over the law, it is argued, have weaker legal reasons to refrain from crime than those who have a say. They are therefore reduced in criminal culpability and deserve lesser punishment for their crimes. Children are owed leniency, then, because of the political meaning of age rather than because of its psychological meaning. This position has implications for criminal justice policy, with respect to, among other things, the interrogation of children suspected of crimes and the enfranchisement of adult felons.