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Introduction,ury moral philosophers were occupied with reflection on the nature of morality, the possibility of moral truth and objectivity, the meaning of moral language, and related metatheoretical questions. They have, however, come to recall what in previous times was always taken for granted: that if moral

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,Consequentialism in Modern Moral Philosophy and in ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’,derstanding of what we shall be led to if we take seriously that commitment to reason-giving. In this essay I consider how, within the context of modern moral philosophy, we see and how we do not see consequentialism. My discussion is meant to cast light on the questions, underlying many disagreemen

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Is Anything Absolutely Wrong?,st; and as it happens, both these descriptions are true of just a single action of mine, for the cat’s breakfast was the only meat I put out this morning. In this essay, I will discuss how the various descriptions that an action might satisfy are related to the action’s being wrong or otherwise. In

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Natural Integrity And Biotechnology,ect other examples of intrinsic wrongness than those they, typically, acknowledge. So many ethicists assume the opposite that I must devote some time to showing the error of their ways, before pointing out some objections that can be seriously mounted against genetic engineering. First, I shall show

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The Moral Uniqueness of the Human Animal,rally call them ‘animals’ for short.) His advocacy of animals explicitly relates their claims to those of humans, denying the possibility of a species-based difference in treatment The closure of the customary gap between humans and animals could take the status of one of the pair as fixed and shift

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Young Human Beings: Metaphysics and Ethics,e might therefore expect that our moral thinking would show why this special regard somehow cohered with basic moral features of the human condition. It is somewhat surprising that one of the major theories of moral value should not only devalue the intuitions that surround human infants but actuall

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,On Not Destroying the Health of One’s Patients,eflecting with care on the full range of values at stake in her deliberations, she may conclude that improving her golf swing would make up for losing a normal breast If she goes on to request the procedure, her doctor must decide whether or not to honour her request. If he honours it, he must eithe

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Intentions in Medical Ethics,posed to the nature and aims of medicine are now routine; others are fast winning acceptance, and even those still beyond the pale have an air of inevitability. Abortion is now one of the most common medical procedures; assisted suicide enjoys broad public support and has won some contests in legisl