Rethinking the good
Temkin, Larry S.
Rethinking the good moral ideals and the nature of practical reasoning / [electronic resource] : Larry S. Temkin. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xxi, 618 p.) : ill. - Oxford ethics series . - Oxford ethics series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In choosing between moral alternatives we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Temkin shows that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.
9780199932214 (ebook) : No price
Good and evil.
Practical reason.
BJ1031 / .T395 2012
170
Rethinking the good moral ideals and the nature of practical reasoning / [electronic resource] : Larry S. Temkin. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xxi, 618 p.) : ill. - Oxford ethics series . - Oxford ethics series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In choosing between moral alternatives we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Temkin shows that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.
9780199932214 (ebook) : No price
Good and evil.
Practical reason.
BJ1031 / .T395 2012
170