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Imperceptible Harms and Benefits
Michael J. . Ed(S): Almeida
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Description for Imperceptible Harms and Benefits
Hardback. A collection of papers that present the work on a problem in practical reasoning - the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. The puzzles and paradoxes combine worries about our obligations to relieve starvation, mitigate suffering and conserve resources, with metaethical worries about the nature of practical rationality and dynamic choice. Editor(s): Almeida, Michael J. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792364641
SKU
V9780792364641
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