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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777020803321

Autore

Murphy Liam B. <1960->

Titolo

Moral demands in nonideal theory / / Liam B. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-19-773094-9

0-585-34692-5

1-280-42796-5

0-19-802413-4

0-19-534676-9

1-4237-8507-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Oxford Ethics Series

Disciplina

170/.42

Soggetti

Benevolence

Social ethics

Utilitarianism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Over-demandingness, Alienation, and Confinement; 3. Doubts about Over-demandingness; 4. Moderate Beneficence?; 5. Responsibility in Nonideal Theory: The Compliance Condition; 6. The Distribution of the Effects of Compliance; 7. The Collective Principle of Beneficence; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W