Inclusive Ethics begins from two ideas which are part of our everyday
morality, namely that we have a moral reason to benefit or do good to
other beings, and that justice requires these benefits to be
distributed equally. A morality comprising these two general
principles will be exceedingly hard to apply as these principles will
have to be balanced against each in an intuitive fashion, but also
because the notion of what benefits beings is quite complex,
comprising both experiential components of pleasure and successful
exercises of autonomy. Ingmar Persson argues that, on philosophical
reflection, these ideas turn out to be more far-reaching than we
imagine. In particular, the reason to benefit commits us to benefit
beings by bringing them into existence. Further, since grounds that
are commonly used to justify that some are better off than others -
such as their being more deserving or having rights to more - are
untenable, justice requires a more extensive equality. The book
concludes by reflecting on the problems of getting people to accept a
morality which differs markedly from the morality with which they have
grown up.
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Extending Beneficence and Egalitarian Justice
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ISBN
9780192510624
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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