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Ethics for Adversaries : The Morality of Roles in Public and Professional Life

The adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and deceive, business managers exploit and despoil, public officials enforce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Applbaum, Arthur Isak
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and deceive, business managers exploit and despoil, public officials enforce unjust laws, and doctors keep confidences that, if disclosed, would prevent harm. Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices."Applbaum begins by examinin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400822935