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Shades of Goodness: Gradability, Demandingness and the Structure of Moral Theories
Rob Lawlor
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Description for Shades of Goodness: Gradability, Demandingness and the Structure of Moral Theories
Hardcover. It is typically thought that the demandingness problem is specifically a problem for consequentialists because of the gradable nature of consequentialist theories. Shades of Goodness argues that most moral theories have a gradable structure and, more significantly, that this is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, for those theories. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
It is typically thought that the demandingness problem is specifically a problem for consequentialists because of the gradable nature of consequentialist theories. Shades of Goodness argues that most moral theories have a gradable structure and, more significantly, that this is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, for those theories.
It is typically thought that the demandingness problem is specifically a problem for consequentialists because of the gradable nature of consequentialist theories. Shades of Goodness argues that most moral theories have a gradable structure and, more significantly, that this is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, for those theories.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230573574
SKU
V9780230573574
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About Rob Lawlor
ROB LAWLOR is a research fellow at the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning), University of Leeds, UK.
Reviews for Shades of Goodness: Gradability, Demandingness and the Structure of Moral Theories
'Rob Lawlor's book is philosophically penetrating, innovative, well argued and well written. All students of consequentialism and deontology will have to read this book' - Brad Hooker, University of Reading, UK '...an excellent book which should be of interest to anyone concerned with the nature of moral theories and the forms of explanation that they embody.Throughout the ... Read more