The Limits of Morality by Shelly Kagan
Most of us believe that there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand of us. We also think that certain types of acts are simply forbidden, even when necessary for promoting the overall good. Here Kagan argues that attempts to defend these sorts of moral limit are inadequate. In thus rejecting two of the most fundamental features of commonsense morality, the book offers a sustained attack on our ordinary moral views.
`this is an important book International Studies in Philosophy Vol XXX/I 1993
`Kagan writes with exemplary clarity and shows considerable ingenuity in arguing for his massively counterintuitive and really rather sinister thesis' Times Higher Education Supplement
`The two points to stress about this book are: it is full of arguments that are themselves formidable. And it gives proper attention to pivotal but largely neglected issues.' Mind
`Kagan writes with exemplary clarity and shows considerable ingenuity in arguing for his massively counterintuitive and really rather sinister thesis' Times Higher Education Supplement
`The two points to stress about this book are: it is full of arguments that are themselves formidable. And it gives proper attention to pivotal but largely neglected issues.' Mind
Shelly Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale, where he has taught since 1995. He was an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, and received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 1982. Before coming to Yale, Professor Kagan taught at the University of Pittsburgh and at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Death, The Limits of Morality, and the textbook, Normative Ethics. Videos of his undergraduate course on Death have been extremely popular online.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198239161 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198239165 |
| Title | The Limits of Morality |
| Author | Shelly Kagan |
| Series | Oxford Ethics Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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