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Desert Collapses - Why No One Deserves Anything (Hardcover)
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Desert Collapses - Why No One Deserves Anything (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
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People consider desert part of our moral world. It structures how
we think about important areas such as love, punishment, and work.
This book argues that no one deserves anything. If this is correct,
then claims that people deserve general and specific things are
false. At the heart of desert is the notion of moral credit or
discredit. People deserve good things (credit) when they are good
people or do desirable things. These desirable things might be
right, good, or virtuous acts. People deserve bad things
(discredit) when they are bad people or do undesirable things. On
some theories, people deserve credit in general terms. For
instance, they deserve a good life. On other theories, people
deserve credit in specific terms. For instance, they deserve
specific incomes, jobs, punishments, relationships, or reputations.
The author's argument against desert rests on three claims: There
is no adequate theory of what desert is. Even if there were an
adequate theory of what desert is, nothing grounds (justifies)
desert. Even if there were an adequate theory of what desert is and
something were to ground it, there is no plausible account of what
people deserve. Desert Collapses will be of interest to researchers
and advanced students working in ethics and political philosophy.
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