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Beschreibung
Goodin defends utilitarianism and shows how it can serve as an excellent guide to public policy makers.
Goodin defends utilitarianism and shows how it can serve as an excellent guide to public policy makers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Introduction: Moral Bases of State Action: 1. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy; 2. The state as a moral agent; Part II. Morality, Public and Private: 3. Do motives matter?; 4. Government house utilitarianism; Part III. Shaping Private Conduct: 5. Responsibilities; 6. Distributing credit and blame; 7. Apportioning responsibilities; Part IV. Shaping Public Policies: Section A. Respecting and overriding preferences: 8. Liberalism and the best-judge principle; 9. Laundering preferences; 10. Heroic measures and false hopes; 11. Theories of compensation; Section B. Ensuring social security: 12. Stabilising expectations; 13. Compensation and redistribution; 14. Basic income; 15. Relative needs; C. International ethics; 16. What is so special about our fellow countrymen?; 17. Nuclear disarmament as a moral certainty; 18. International ethics and the environmental crisis; References; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780521468060
ISBN-10: 052146806X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Goodin, Robert E.
Redaktion: Maclean, Douglas
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Robert E. Goodin
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2003
Gewicht: 0,597 kg
Artikel-ID: 101143299