LEADER 04153nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910826561503321 005 20230816222048.0 010 $a1-282-75365-7 010 $a9786612753657 010 $a1-4008-2293-9 010 $a1-4008-1084-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822935 035 $a(CKB)111056486499222 035 $a(EBL)581555 035 $a(OCoLC)700688387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000149928 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164485 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149928 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238976 035 $a(PQKB)10834875 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000436102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12160199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10426000 035 $a(PQKB)11690994 035 $a(OCoLC)51321295 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36062 035 $a(DE-B1597)446223 035 $a(OCoLC)979725156 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822935 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581555 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031971 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581555 035 $a(PPN)265133262 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486499222 100 $a19981026d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEthics for adversaries $ethe morality of roles in public and professional life /$fArthur Isak Applbaum 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (286 pages) 311 0 $a0-691-05739-7 311 0 $a0-691-00712-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPART I. NECESSARY OFFICES --$tPART II. ROLES AND REASONS --$tPART III. GAMES AND VIOLATIONS --$tPART IV. AUTHORITY AND DISSENT --$tSOURCES AND CREDITS --$tINDEX 330 $aThe adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and deceive, business managers exploit and despoil, public officials enforce unjust laws, and doctors keep confidences that, if disclosed, would prevent harm. Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices." Applbaum begins by examining the career of Charles-Henri Sanson, who is appointed executioner of Paris by Louis XVI and serves the punitive needs of the ancien régime for decades. Come the French Revolution, the King's Executioner becomes the king's executioner, and he ministers with professional detachment to each defeated political faction throughout the Terror and its aftermath. By exploring one extraordinary role and the arguments that can be offered in its defense, Applbaum raises unsettling doubts about arguments in defense of less sanguinary professions and their practices. To justify harmful acts, adversaries appeal to arguments about the rules of the game, fair play, consent, the social construction of actions and actors, good outcomes in equilibrium, and the legitimate authority of institutions. Applbaum concludes that these arguments are weaker than supposed and do not morally justify much of the violation that professionals and public officials inflict. Institutions and the roles they create ordinarily cannot mint moral permissions to do what otherwise would be morally prohibited. 606 $aEthics 606 $aProfessional ethics 606 $aPolitical ethics 606 $aAdversary system (Law) 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aProfessional ethics. 615 0$aPolitical ethics. 615 0$aAdversary system (Law) 676 $a172 700 $aApplbaum$b Arthur Isak$f1957-$01677100 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826561503321 996 $aEthics for adversaries$94043751 997 $aUNINA