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Author Hurka, Thomas, 1952-

Title Drawing morals [electronic resource] : essays in ethical theory / Thomas Hurka.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description xi, 276 p. : ill.
Series Oxford moral theory
Oxford moral theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Normative ethics : back to the future -- Value and population size -- The well-rounded life -- Monism, pluralism, and rational regret -- How great a good is virtue? -- Two kinds of organic unity -- Asymmetries in value -- Why value autonomy? -- Desert : holistic and individualistic -- Virtuous act, virtuous disposition -- Games and the good -- Rights and capital punishment -- Two kinds of satisficing -- The justification of national partiality -- Proportionality in the morality of war.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199743094 (hc acid-free paper)
0199743096 (hc acid-free paper)
9780199876709 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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