Absolutism and Its Consequentialist CriticsJoram Graf Haber Rowman & Littlefield, 1994 - 280 pages Is the judicial execution of the innocent permissible to deter crime? Some advocates of consequentialism would respond yes, while moral absolutists argue that certain kinds of conduct, including this one, are absolutely prohibited, no matter what the consequences. This is the first collection that does justice to absolutism in its richness and subtleties. |
Contents
On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives | 15 |
Persons Means and Ends | 21 |
War and Murder | 29 |
Cases of Necessity | 41 |
The Moral Law and the Law of God | 63 |
Right and Wrong as Absolute | 73 |
A Critique of Consequentialism | 93 |
What a Good Man Can Bring Himself to Do | 109 |
Whatever the Consequences | 175 |
A Note on Mr Bennett | 197 |
On Moral Absolutism | 199 |
War and Massacre | 217 |
Utilitarianism and the Rules of War | 237 |
Rules of War and Moral Reasoning | 253 |
Selected Bibliography | 267 |
Acknowledgments | 271 |
Absolutism and the Good Life | 119 |
Are There Any Absolute Rights? | 129 |
The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect | 147 |
Who Is Wronged? | 159 |
Against Moral Conservatism | 161 |
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About the Editor | 277 |
About the Contributors | 279 |
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