The Problem of Moral Demandingness: New Philosophical EssaysTimothy Chappell How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world, or in response to environmental crises? Is it wrong to put your friends and family first? And what do the answers to these questions tell us about the nature of morality? This collection of eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers brings the reader to the cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate. With essays from Kantians, utilitarians, rights theorists, virtue ethicists, and others, a wide variety of major ethical approaches are represented by distinguished authors. |
Contents
What do Basic Rights Demand? | 35 |
Demandingness and Rules | 59 |
Demandingness Moral Development and Moral Philosophy | 86 |
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act utilitarianism act-consequentialism action agent argue argument Aristotle assistance duties axiological principle basic rights Bernard Williams best possible outcome best practicable rules Chappell claim climate change commitment common sense morality conception constraint context cost demandingness objection Ethical egoism example extreme demands fact freedom future ground projects high-worth nature Hooker human impartial benevolence individual integrity interests intuitions John Cottingham John Stuart Mill justified kind liberty lives maximising meta-ethical moral rules moral theory morality of concern morality of cooperation morality of respect morally permissible morally required morally wrong Mulgan non-instrumental non-interference rights non-maximising normative ethics obligations one's option partial love particular Peter Singer philosophical plausible position presuppositions principle of utility problem of demandingness promote psychological pursue reasons relationships response rule consequentialism rule consequentialist rule utilitarianism sacrifice seems simple consequentialism simply things tion virtue ethicist virtue ethics virtue-ethical virtuous welfare well-being