| 书目名称 | Imperceptible Harms and Benefits |
| 编辑 | Michael J. Almeida |
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| 丛书名称 | Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy |
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| 描述 | The papers collected here represent the most recent work on a much neglected problem in practical reasoning. It is the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. It is perhaps better to characterize the problem as a collection of puzzles or paradoxes, since those who deny the existence (or possibility) of imperceptible decrements (or increments) face problems no less perplexing than those who affinn their existence. The puzzles and paradoxes combine very practical and pressing worries about our obligations to relieve starvation, mitigate suffering and conserve resources, with deep metaethical worries about the nature of practical rationality. I use these brief introductory pages to familiarize the reader with the basic set of problems examined in this collection. Most of us think that an action cannot be wrong if its effects are entirely and always imperceptible.· Jonathan Glover‘s fanciful example of the 100 armed bandits and the 100 Wlarmed tribesman clearly illustrates a deep worry with such moral reasoning. |
| 出版日期 | Book 2000 |
| 关键词 | Consequentialism; Utilitarianism; morality; utility |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4144-4 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-94-010-5806-3 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-94-011-4144-4Series ISSN 1387-6678 Series E-ISSN 2215-0323 |
| issn_series | 1387-6678 |
| copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000 |
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