Moral Demands in Nonideal Theory

Name: Moral Demands in Nonideal Theory
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ISBN: 9780195079760

ISBN-10: 0195079760

ISBN-13: 9780195079760

Edition: 2000

Authors: Liam B. Murphy

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Is there a limit to the legitimate demands of morality? In particular, is there a limit to people's responsibility to promote the well-being of others, either directly or via social institutions? Utilitarianism admits no such limit, and is for that reason often said to be an unacceptably demanding moral and political view. In this original new study, Murphy argues that the charge of excessive demands amounts to little more than an affirmation of the status quo. The real problem withutilitarianism is that it makes unfair demands on people who comply with it in our world of nonideal compliance. Murphy shows that this unfairness does not arise on a collective understanding of our…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Murphy teaches philosophy and law at New York University.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Over-Demandingness, Alienation, and Confinement



Doubts About Over-Demandingness



Moderate Beneficence?



Responsibility in Nonideal Theory the Compliance Condition



The Distribution of the Effects of Compliance



The Collective Principle of Beneficence


Notes


Bibliography


Index