Oxford ethics series suffering and moral responsibility

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In this work, Jamie Mayerfeld examines the content of the duty to prevent suffering and the weight it has relative to other moral considerations. He argues that the prevention of suffering is morally more important than the promotion of happiness, and that the duty to relieve suffering is much stronger than most of us acknowledge.



In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its identification and measurement. He then turns to an examination of the duty to relieve suffering: its content, its weight relative to other moral considerations, and the role it should play in our lives. Among the claims defended in the book are that suffering needs to be distinguished from both physical pain and the frustration of desire, that interpersonal comparisons of the intensity of happiness and suffering are possible, that several psychological processes hinder our awareness of other people's suffering, and that the prevention of suffering should often be pursued indirectly. Mayerfeld concludes his discussion by arguing that the reduction of suffering is morally more important than the promotion of happiness, and that most of us greatly underestimate the force of the duty to prevent suffering. As the first systematic book-length inquiry into the moral significance of suffering, Suffering and Moral Responsibility makes an important contribution to moral philosophy and political theory, and will interest specialists in each of these areas.

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Oxford Ethics Series- Suffering and Moral Responsibility

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In examining the duty to relieve suffering the author argues that this duty is stronger than most of us acknowledge he offers an account of the meaning of suffering and moves on to discuss its moral significance the resolution of trade offs and when relief of suffering is not morally required t 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Knowledge as Acceptable Testimony

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Standard philosophical explanations of the concept of knowledge invoke a personal goal of having true beliefs and explain the other requirements for knowledge as indicating the best way to achieve that goal in this highly original book steven l reynolds argues instead that the concept of knowled 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Knowledge as Acceptable Testimony

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Standard philosophical explanations of the concept of knowledge invoke a personal goal of having true beliefs and explain the other requirements for knowledge as indicating the best way to achieve that goal in this highly original book steven l reynolds argues instead that the concept of knowled 3 - 4 weken .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 16 mei 2002

Aantal pagina's: 256

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Jamie Mayerfeld

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press Inc

Editie: New edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 153 mm

Product hoogte: 17 mm

Product lengte: 238 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 153 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm

Verpakking lengte: 238 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 363 g

EAN: 9780195154955

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