| Description |
xii, 432 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Introduction -- Part One: The Groundwork of Moral Judgment -- II. On the Capacity for Morals and the Origins of Law -- III. The "One and Only Legitimate Constitution"- Government by Law and Government by Consent -- IV. On Necessary Truths and the Existence of Morals -- V. Moral Principles, Valid, and Spurious -- VI. On "Vulgar Systems of Morality": The Myth of "Facts" and "Values" -- VII. The Fallacies of Cultural Relativism; or, Abbott and Costello Meet the Anthropologist -- VIII. First Principles: A Provisional Summary -- Part Two: Cases and Applications -- IX. On the Grounds for Exemption from the Law : Is Conscientious Objection Moral? -- X. Can there be an Obligation to Risk One's Life for One's Country? The Attractions and Dangers of Hobbes's Teaching -- XI. On the Justifications of War and the Two Vietnams -- XII. The Morality of Intervention -- XIII. The Obligation to Rescue and Supererogatory Acts -- XIV. The Moral Case for Welfare, the Troubled Case for Redistribution -- XV. Privacy and the Reach of the Law -- XVI. The Question of Abortion and the Discipline of Moral Reasoning -- XVII. Abortion and the Framing of the Laws -- XVIII. Conclusion |
| Subject |
Social justice.
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Ethics.
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| Indexed Term |
Social ethics |
| ISBN |
0691077029 alkaline paper $45.00 |
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069102247X paperback $9.95 |
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