1st Edition

Agent Relative Ethics

By Steven Jensen Copyright 2024
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality. Alastair MacIntyre’s haunting image of a post-apocalyptic world, in which our knowledge of ethics has been fragmented, poses a contrast between modern morality and ancient ethics. The two stand divided along the fault line of the nature of the... Read more

1. Fragmentation

2. Alienation

3. Goods, Relative and Neutral

4. Getting beyond Oneself

5. Sharing by Desire

6. Harmful Using

7. Foreseen Harm

8. Double Effect

9. Punishment

10. Impartiality

11. Restrictions

12. Ethics

13. Unity

Biography

Steven J. Jensen is currently professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He has published primarily in the field of ethics. His books include Sin: A Thomistic Psychology, Knowing the Natural Law, and Good and Evil Actions.