Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame

by T.M. Scanlon

Book Overview

In a clear and elegant style, T. M. Scanlon reframes current philosophical debates as he explores the moral permissibility of an action. Permissibility may seem to depend on the agent's reasons for performing an action. For example, there seems to be an important moral difference between tactical bombing and a campaign by terrorists--even if the same number of non-combatants are killed--and this difference may seem to lie in the agents' respective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674057457
• ISBN13: 9780674057456
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"