书名: 10 Moral Paradoxes [ILLUSTRATED]
作者: Saul Smilansky (Author)
出版社: Blackwell Publishing Limited; 1 edition (June 1, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 140516087X
ISBN-13: 978-1405160872
Book Description
If a severe misfortune makes your life better, was it unfortunate?Could it be that 50% of competent medical doctors ought promptly to retire?Might a justice system threaten with unjust punishment, to avert the need for punishment?Could things become too good, morally?Can terrorists morally complain if innocent people they care about are harmed?The importance of paradox in the study of philosophy, from metaphysics to logic, is evident from the abundant literature on the subject. But until now, very little critical study of paradox within ethics has been available.The first of its kind, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a powerful case for the centrality of moral paradox. Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, the book challenges some of our deepest moral views. This innovative volume also asks whether the existence of moral paradox is damaging or beneficial, and explores more generally what paradoxicality can teach us about morality and life. Concise and provocative, 10 Moral Paradoxes presents analytic moral philosophy in an engaging way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes.
Review
"This is a delightful and engaging little book. With its bite-size chapters, lively exposition, and important subject matter, this is the kind of book that can spark an interest in philosophy among those unfamiliar with it. But its appeal is not limited to neophytes; it poses significant new challenges to moral theory that even hardened professional philosophers will find stimulating and provocative." --Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University
"Smilansky has an unerring eye for noticing intriguing - sometimes quite startling - paradoxes, both in our common unreflective attitudes to much of the business of ordinary life and in our more reasoned positions on a wide variety of public issues and personal concerns. From retirement to blackmail to punishment to the nature of moral complaint, his ability to isolate the anomalies and inconsistencies that beset our thinking about these and other subjects provides us with a set of essays that are at once provocative and illuminating. No one can fail to benefit from reading this book." --Hillel Steiner, Manchester University
About the Author
Saul Smilansky is a professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Free Will and Illusion, (2000) and has published articles in many of the leading philosophical journals.
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作者: Saul Smilansky (Author)
出版社: Blackwell Publishing Limited; 1 edition (June 1, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 140516087X
ISBN-13: 978-1405160872
Book Description
If a severe misfortune makes your life better, was it unfortunate?Could it be that 50% of competent medical doctors ought promptly to retire?Might a justice system threaten with unjust punishment, to avert the need for punishment?Could things become too good, morally?Can terrorists morally complain if innocent people they care about are harmed?The importance of paradox in the study of philosophy, from metaphysics to logic, is evident from the abundant literature on the subject. But until now, very little critical study of paradox within ethics has been available.The first of its kind, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a powerful case for the centrality of moral paradox. Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, the book challenges some of our deepest moral views. This innovative volume also asks whether the existence of moral paradox is damaging or beneficial, and explores more generally what paradoxicality can teach us about morality and life. Concise and provocative, 10 Moral Paradoxes presents analytic moral philosophy in an engaging way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes.
Review
"This is a delightful and engaging little book. With its bite-size chapters, lively exposition, and important subject matter, this is the kind of book that can spark an interest in philosophy among those unfamiliar with it. But its appeal is not limited to neophytes; it poses significant new challenges to moral theory that even hardened professional philosophers will find stimulating and provocative." --Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University
"Smilansky has an unerring eye for noticing intriguing - sometimes quite startling - paradoxes, both in our common unreflective attitudes to much of the business of ordinary life and in our more reasoned positions on a wide variety of public issues and personal concerns. From retirement to blackmail to punishment to the nature of moral complaint, his ability to isolate the anomalies and inconsistencies that beset our thinking about these and other subjects provides us with a set of essays that are at once provocative and illuminating. No one can fail to benefit from reading this book." --Hillel Steiner, Manchester University
About the Author
Saul Smilansky is a professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Free Will and Illusion, (2000) and has published articles in many of the leading philosophical journals.
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