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Language: en
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Pages: 295
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book reframes the historical, legal and moral discourse on the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances.
Language: en
Pages: 209
Pages: 209
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
The central problem for normative ethics is the conflict between a consequentialist view--that morality requires promoting the good of all--and a belief that th
Language: en
Pages: 302
Pages: 302
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher:
This volume presents papers discussing arguments on both sides of the consequentialist debate. The distinguished contributors include John Rawls, Bernard Willia
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Begins by explaining and arguing for certain criteria for assessing normative moral theories. Then argues that these criteria lead to a rule-consequentialist mo