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22%OFFRobert E. Goodin - Protecting the Vulnerable - 9780226302997 - V9780226302997
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Protecting the Vulnerable

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Description for Protecting the Vulnerable Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Our narrower obligations often blind us to larger social responsibilities. The moral claims arising out of special relationships—family, friends, colleagues, and so on—always seem to take priority. Strangers ordinarily get, and ordinarily are thought to deserve, only what is left over. Robert E. Goodin argues that this is morally mistaken. In Protecting the Vulnerable, he presents a comprehensive theory of responsibility based on the concept of vulnerability. Since the range of people vulnerable to our actions or choices extends beyond those to whom we have made specific commitments (promises, vows, contracts), we must recognize a much more extensive network of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226302997
SKU
V9780226302997
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