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A Theory of Value and Obligation (Hardcover)
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A Theory of Value and Obligation (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
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Originally published in 1987 and re-issued in 2020 with a new
Preface, this book presents and elaborates interrelated solutions
to a number of problems in moral philosophy, from the location of
intrinsic value and the nature of a worthwhile life, via the limits
of obligation and the nature of justice, to the status of moral
utterances. After developing a biocentric account of moral
standing, the author locates worthwhile life in the development of
the generic capacities of a creature, whether human or nonhuman,
and presents an account of relative intrinsic value which later
generates a theory of interspecific justice. This value-theory also
informs a consequentialist understanding of obligation, of moral
rightness and of supererogation. The understanding thus supplied is
shown to cope with the problems of integrity, of justice and of the
'Repugnant Conclusion' in population ethics. A cognitivist account
of ethical conclusions such as those so far reached is then
defended against non-cognitivist and relativist objections and a
far-reaching naturalist theory is defended, integrating earlier
conclusions with an account of the logic of the fundamental ethical
concepts. This wide-ranging volume which maps the whole area of
morality is thoroughly argued with reference both to contemporary
philosophical developments and to classical theories.
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