From Morality to the End of Reason

From Morality to the End of Reason
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ISBN-10 : 9780199676552
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Download or read book From Morality to the End of Reason written by Ingmar Persson and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ingmar Persson presents a new analysis of common sense morality—in particular the act-omission doctrine and the doctrine of double effect. He traces both doctrines to a theory of rights and a conception of responsibility as based on causation, and provides an original account of what it is to have a reason for action.


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