Suffering and moral responsibility / Jamie Mayerfeld.
In this work, Jamie Mayerfeld examines the content of the duty to prevent suffering and the weight it has relative to other moral considerations. He argues that the prevention of suffering is morally more important than the promotion of happiness, and that the duty to relieve suffering is much stron...
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| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Edition: | 1st Oxford University Press pbk. |
| Series: | Oxford ethics series.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; ONE: Introduction; TWO: The Meaning of Suffering; THREE: The Measurement of Suffering; FOUR: The Moral Significance of Suffering; FIVE: The Duty To Relieve Suffering; SIX: The Moral Asymmetry of Happiness and Suffering; SEVEN: Trade-offs Internal to the Duty To Relieve Suffering; EIGHT: The Limits of the Duty To Relieve Suffering; Bibliography; Index.