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The Limits of Moral Obligation: Moral Demandingness and Ought Implies Can book cover

1st Edition

The Limits of Moral Obligation Moral Demandingness and Ought Implies Can

Edited By Marcel van Ackeren, Michael Kühler Copyright 2016
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge
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This volume responds to the growing interest in finding explanations for why moral claims may lose their validity based on what they ask of their addressees. Two main ideas relate to that question: the moral demandingness objection and the principle "ought implies can." Though both of these ideas can be understood to provide an answer to the same question, they have usually been discussed... Read more

1. Ethics on Edge? Introduction to Moral Demandingness and ‘Ought Implies Can’ Marcel van Ackeren and Michael Kühler  2. What is Demandingness? Brian McElwee  3. Differential Demands Vanessa Carbonell  4. Putting the Central Conflict to Rest? Raz on Morality and Well-Being Marcel van Ackeren  5. Over-Demandingness Objections and Supererogation Claire Benn  6. How Encounters with Values Generate Moral Demandingness Sophie Grace Chappell  7. Why Does Ought Imply Can? Robert Stern  8. Demanding the Impossible: Conceptually Misguided or Merely Unfair? Michael Kühler  9. Obligation, Ability, and Blameworthiness Ishtiyaque Haji  10. Demandingness, "Ought", and Self-Shaping Garrett Cullity  11. Moral Conflicts, The "Ought"-Implies-"Can" Principle, And Moral Demandingness Matthew H. Kramer  12. The Force/Scope Trade-off Dale Dorsey

Biography

Marcel van Ackeren is Associate Professor for Philosophy and research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics at the University of Münster, Germany.

Michael Kühler is Associate Professor for Philosophy and research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics at the University of Münster, Germany.

"This is a fascinating collection of articles of that will be of interest to many working in moral philosophy and essential reading for all who work on the nature of moral obligation and its limits." -- Alfred Archer, Journal of Moral Philosophy

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