First things : an inquiry into the first principles of morals and justice /

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This book restores to us an understanding that was once settled in the "moral sciences": that there are propositions, in morals and law, which are not only true but which cannot be otherwise. It was understood in the past that, in morals or in mathematics, our knowledge begins with certain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arkes, Hadley (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Temas:
Social justice.
Ethics.
Morale.
Morale
Social Justice
Ethics
Moral.
Justice sociale.
ethics (philosophy)
Social justice
Morale politique.
justice sociale > morale.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • 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
  • 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
  • INDEX

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