Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
Feb 19, 1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0195042727
ISBN-13
9780195042726
Description
The essays in this volume illuminate a central topic in ethical theory: moral dilemmas. Some contemporary philosophers dispute the traditional view that a true moral dilemma -- a situation in which a person has two irreconcilable moral duties -- cannot exist. This collection provides the historical background to the ongoing debate with selections from Kant, Mill, Bradley, and Ross. The best recent work on the question is represented in essays by Donagan, Foot, Hare, Marcus, Nagel, van Fraassen, Williams, and others.
Genres
History
Contemporary