Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory / Edition 1

by H. E. Mason

Overview

Do moral dilemmas truly exist? What counts as a moral dilemma? Can an adequate moral theory admit the possibility of genuine conflicts of moral obligations? In this book, twelve prominent moral theorists examine these and other questions from a wide variety of philosophical perspectives. Concerned throughout with the implications of moral dilemmas for moral theory, this collection of essays captures in striking fashion the full scope and vitality of the current moral dilemmas debate. Including both realist and anti-realist meta-ethical positions, and Kantian and consequentialist normative views, Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory sheds new light on several standing controversies in moral philosophy while raising a fresh set of challenging issues. Contributors include Simon Blackburn, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Alan Donagan, Terrance McConnell, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Mary Mothersill, Norman Dahl, David Brink, Peter Railton, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Christopher Gowans, and H.E. Mason.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195096811
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/11/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.56(w) x 9.63(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

University of Minnesota

Editorial Reviews

"The book is well worth the time of anyone interested in this view."—Ethics

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