Ethics Without Intention

AvEzio Di Nucci,Thom Brooks

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Ethics Without Intention tackles the questions raised by difficult moral dilemmas by providing a critical analysis of double effect and its most common ethical and political applications. The book discusses the philosophical distinction between intended harm and foreseen but unintended harm. This distinction, which, according to the doctrine of double effect, makes a difference to the moral justification of actions, is widely applied to some of the most controversial ethical and political questions of our time: collateral damages in wars and acts of terrorism; palliative care, euthanasia, abortion, and embryo research; self-defence, suicide, and self-sacrifice. It is also crucial to the now notorious theoretical cases of the trolley problem and the knobe effect. Di Nucci approaches the doctrine of double effect from four key directions: its historical origins, which can be traced further back than the classic attribution to Aquinas; its theoretical coherence, which is the subject of a lively contemporary debate in philosophy; its moral intuitiveness, which has always been taken for granted but has recently begun to be questioned; and finally its relevance to the difficult moral and political decisions of our time. An engaging and comprehensive introduction to the doctrine of double effect.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-08-28
Mått:136 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Ethics
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781472532961

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Ezio Di Nucci is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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In his “Ethics without Intention. An Essay on Double Effect“ Ezio di Nucci provides the first in-depth action theoretic analysis of the infamous Doctrine of Double Effect, without already presupposing a particular ethical theory. He offers eight arguments against the doctrine, and convincingly shows that we cannot justify a particular immoral action by way of distinguishing between intended means and its merely foreseen side-effects.His study is original, lucid, and analytically sharp. His book is a must read for everyone interested in the moral relevance of intentions.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 1. Introductory Remarks: We Never Do Just One Thing Part I: The Doctrine of Double Effect2. Definitions First: Classic Formulations of the Doctrine 3. Back to the Beginning: Aristotle, Aquinas and the Origins of Double Effect Part II: Double Effect in Theory4. The Trolley Problem 5. An Experimental Approach to the Permissibility of Killing One to Save Five 6. A Theoretical Problem with Double Effect: Closeness 7. Kamm, Kant, and Double Effect Part III: Double Effect in Practice8. The Classic Application of Double Effect: Collateral Damages 9. An Experimental Approach to the Distinction between Intending and Merely Foreseeing 10. Bioethical Applications: The Example of Embryo Loss and Stem Cell Research 11. What Shall I Do? The Doctrine Cannot Tell Us How We May Permissibly Act 12. Concluding Remarks: Responsibility, Character and Mends NotesBibliography Index