Violence and Responsibility

di John Harris (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022

Originally published in 1980 this book argues that we are all responsible for the harm we could have prevented and explores the effect of this conclusion on a morality which makes fundamental the belief that we ought not to harm others if we can possibly avoid it. A theory of responsibility is developed and defended which has consequences for the way we live as well as for a number of problems in contemporary moral, political and social philosophy, and in jurisprudence. In particular, the author attacks the view that there is a moral difference between killing and letting die and proposes a radical conception of violence. Among other controversial issues covered in the book are neutrality, the ethics of organ transplants and the allocation of scarce resources.

• Autore: John Harris
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 188 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 349 gr.
• EAN: 9780367469016

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