Weighing lives
Auteur :
Broome, John
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199243761
Date de publication :
5 août 2004
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,3 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
577 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How should we weigh lives? This book develops a theoretical basis for answering this practical question. It examines many of the issues of contemporary moral theory: the nature of consequentialism and teleology; the transitivity, continuity, and vagueness of betterness; the quantitative conception of wellbeing; and others.