02344nam 2200589Ia 450 991045471340332120200520144314.01-281-98921-597866119892170-19-152008-X(CKB)1000000000756401(StDuBDS)AH24079639(SSID)ssj0000192526(PQKBManifestationID)12023430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192526(PQKBWorkID)10216938(PQKB)10559652(MiAaPQ)EBC3053096(Au-PeEL)EBL3053096(CaPaEBR)ebr10283335(CaONFJC)MIL198921(OCoLC)922954023(EXLCZ)99100000000075640119890413d1989 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe limits of morality[electronic resource] /Shelly KaganOxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Pressc19891 online resource (xii,415p.) Oxford ethics seriesIncludes index.0-19-824913-6 Bibliography: p. [405]-407.This book, which is part of a series on moral philosophy, questions whether there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand of us.;The author contends that generally we do not think that we are morally required to make our greatest possible contributions to the overall good; rather, morality permits us to pursue our own personal goals and interests.;He also examines a second widely-held view that certain types of acts are simply forbidden even when necessary for promoting the overall good. The attempt to defend this second form of moral limit is also rejected as inadequate.;In thus rejecting two of the most fundamental features of common-sense morality, the author offers a sustained attack on our ordinary moral views.Oxford ethics series.EthicsValuesElectronic books.Ethics.Values.170Kagan Shelly775594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454713403321Limits of morality1704800UNINA