Rethinking the good [electronic resource] : moral ideals and the nature of practical reasoning /
by Temkin, Larry S.
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BookSeries: Oxford ethics series: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 618 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199932214 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Good and evil | Practical reasonOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In choosing between moral alternatives we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Temkin shows that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.
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In choosing between moral alternatives we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Temkin shows that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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