Keeping balance : on desert and propriety / Diana Abad.

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Abad, Diana

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TextSeries: Practical philosophy ; Bd. 10.Publication details: Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : [Distributed in] North and South America by Transaction Books, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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9783110327779
3110327775
393879318X
9783938793183
9783110327427
3110327422

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Keeping Balance : On Desert and Propriety.DDC classification:

170 22

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B105.J87 A23 2007

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Contents:

pt. 1. Desert -- pt. 2. Propriety -- pt. 3. Applications.

Summary: What is desert? The aim of this book is to give an analysis of this notion. Starting from Feinberg's seminal paper, the argument goes on to Chisholm, 18th-century British Rationalism, and Kant, who developed the concept of propriety that is the foundation of the concept of desert and the key to understanding it. Beyond the analysis, the concept of desert is applied to two problems of moral philosophy, punishment and moral residue, that can be solved only by means of this notion. Desert is an indispensable moral concept we do well to understand clearly and to incorporate into our moral practice.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and indexes.

pt. 1. Desert -- pt. 2. Propriety -- pt. 3. Applications.

What is desert? The aim of this book is to give an analysis of this notion. Starting from Feinberg's seminal paper, the argument goes on to Chisholm, 18th-century British Rationalism, and Kant, who developed the concept of propriety that is the foundation of the concept of desert and the key to understanding it. Beyond the analysis, the concept of desert is applied to two problems of moral philosophy, punishment and moral residue, that can be solved only by means of this notion. Desert is an indispensable moral concept we do well to understand clearly and to incorporate into our moral practice.

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