LEADER 04550nam 22006251 450 001 9910786262303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-023372-9 010 $a0-19-989560-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335423 035 $a(EBL)3055923 035 $a(OCoLC)827268098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820912 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12361686 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820912 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10881792 035 $a(PQKB)10878510 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000113259 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3055923 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3055923 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10816660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL550755 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335423 100 $a20121213d2013 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe geometry of desert /$fShelly Kagan 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (675 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-998009-8 311 $a0-19-989559-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""1. MORAL DESERT""; ""1.1 A Familiar Thought""; ""1.2 Some Familiar Questions""; ""1.3 Skepticism""; ""1.4 Intrinsic Value""; ""1.5 Unfamiliar Questions""; ""PART I: NONCOMPARATIVE DESERT""; ""2. FAULT FORFEITS FIRST""; ""2.1 The Basic View""; ""2.2 Pluralism""; ""2.3 Extending the Account""; ""2.4 Discount Rates and Multipliers""; ""3. DESERT GRAPHS""; ""3.1 Graphs""; ""3.2 Varying Slopes""; ""3.3 Rotation""; ""3.4 Peaks""; ""3.5 Multiple Peaks""; ""3.6 Comparing Sides""; ""3.7 Bell Motion"" 327 $a""3.8 The Sym Mountain""""3.9 Shift""; ""4. SKYLINES""; ""4.1 The Occupation of the X Axis""; ""4.2 Constant Skylines""; ""4.3 The V Shaped Skyline""; ""4.4 Varieties of Desert""; ""4.5 Taking Stock""; ""PART II: COMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES""; ""5. OTHER SHAPES""; ""5.1 Plateaus""; ""5.2 Retributivism and Plateaus""; ""5.3 Simple Straight Lines""; ""5.4 Bent Lines""; ""5.5 Curved Desert""; ""5.6 Detailing Curved Desert""; ""5.7 Curved Plateaus""; ""6. PLACING PEAKS""; ""6.1 The Mapping Function""; ""6.2 Curved Mapping Functions""; ""6.3 Revisiting the Sym Mountain"" 327 $a""6.4 Revisiting the V Shaped Skyline""""6.5 Further Constraints on the Skyline""; ""6.6 The Logical Limits of Bell Motion""; ""6.7 Disaggregation""; ""PART III: COMPARATIVE DESERT""; ""7. THE RATIO VIEW""; ""7.1 The Idea of Comparative Desert""; ""7.2 Problems for the Ratio View""; ""7.3 Optimism""; ""7.4 The Impossibility Defense""; ""7.5 Absolute Zero""; ""8. SIMILAR OFFENSE""; ""8.1 The Y Gap View""; ""8.2 Reconsidering the Cases""; ""8.3 More on the Y Gap Constraint""; ""8.4 Percentages""; ""8.5 A Fourth View""; ""9. GRAPHING COMPARATIVE DESERT""; ""9.1 Relative Advantage"" 327 $a""9.2 Two Problems""""9.3 Graphing the X Gap View""; ""9.4 Motion Along the Y Axis""; ""9.5 Graphing the Y Gap View""; ""10. VARIATION""; ""10.1 Comparative Bell Motion""; ""10.2 Comparative Skylines""; ""10.3 Moral Significance Again""; ""10.4 Two More Possibilities""; ""10.5 One Size Fits All""; ""10.6 Sliding Up""; ""11. GROUPS""; ""11.1 Two Approaches""; ""11.2 Size""; ""11.3 Another Look""; ""11.4 Adjusting the Graphs""; ""11.5 Variable Steepness Reconsidered""; ""PART IV: DESERT""; ""12. DESERT TAKEN AS A WHOLE""; ""12.1 Partial Values""; ""12.2 Open Questions"" 327 $a""12.3 Rough Comparability""""12.4 Another Series""; ""12.5 Other Values""; ""13. RESERVATIONS""; ""13.1 Deontology""; ""13.2 Methodology""; ""13.3 Ideology""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y"" 330 8 $aThis title explores the hidden complexity of moral desert. Using graphs to illustrate and contrast alternative views, it carefully investigates the various ways in which the value of an outcome varies when people get (or fail to get) what they deserve. 606 $aEthics 606 $aMerit (Ethics) 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aMerit (Ethics) 676 $a170 700 $aKagan$b Shelly$0775594 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786262303321 996 $aThe geometry of desert$93733559 997 $aUNINA