The Concept of Moral Obligation

by Michael J. Zimmerman

Book Overview

The principal aim of this book is to develop and defend an analysis of the concept of moral obligation. The analysis is neutral regarding competing substantive theories of obligation, whether consequentialist or deontological in character. What it seeks to do is generate solutions to a range of philosophical problems concerning obligation and its application. Amongst these problems are deontic paradoxes, the supersession of obligation, conditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103874X
• ISBN13: 9780521038744
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"