Rights and Goods - Justifying Social Action (Paperback, Reprinted edition)

Theories of justice, argues Virginia Held, are usually designed for a perfect, hypothetical world. They do not give us guidelines for living in an imperfect world in which the choices and decisions that we must make are seldom clear-cut. Seeking a morality based on actual experience, Held offers a method of inquiry with which to deal with the specific moral problems encountered in daily life. She argues that the division between public and private morality is misleading and shows convincingly that moral judgment should be contextual. She maps out different approaches and positions for various types of issues, including membership in a state, legal decisions, political activities, economic transactions, interpersonal relations, diplomacy, journalism, and determining our obligation to future generations. Issues such as these provide the true test of moral theory, since its success is seen in the willingness of conscientious persons to commit themselves to it by acting on it in their daily lives.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1989
First published:	July 1989
Authors:	Virginia Held
Dimensions:	23 x 17 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	Reprinted edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-32588-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-32588-1
Barcode:	9780226325880

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