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Suffering and moral responsibility /
In this work, Jamie Mayerfeld examines the content of the duty to prevent suffering and the weight it has relative to other moral considerations. He argues that the prevention of suffering is morally more important than the promotion of happiness, and that the duty to relieve suffering is much stron...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Edición: | 1st Oxford University Press pbk. |
| Colección: | Oxford ethics series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this work, Jamie Mayerfeld examines the content of the duty to prevent suffering and the weight it has relative to other moral considerations. He argues that the prevention of suffering is morally more important than the promotion of happiness, and that the duty to relieve suffering is much stronger than most of us acknowledge. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198027553 0198027559 |