Author | Montague, Phillip. author |
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Title | In the Interests of Others [electronic resource] : An Essay in Moral Philosophy / by Phillip Montague |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2777-6 |
Descript | XI, 146 p. online resource |
I: Beneficence and Moral Requirements -- 1. Varieties of Moral Appraisal -- 2. Philosophical Dimensions of Other-Interest -- 3. Is Beneficence Morally Required? -- 4. Perfect Obligations, Imperfect Obligations, and Individual Moral Discretion -- 5. Imperfect Obligations and Disjunctive Acts -- 6. Imperfect Obligations: Some Alternative Views -- 7. Summary -- II: Beneficence and Supererogation -- 1. The Concept of Supererogation -- 2. Supererogation and Praiseworthiness -- 3. Beneficence, Supererogation, and the Limits of Morality -- 4. Summary -- III: Anti-Maleficence -- 1. From Easy Rescue to Limitless Requirements -- 2. Moral Presumptions and Their Defeaters -- 3. The Nature of Moral Rights: A Traditional View -- 4. Morally Significant Liberties -- 5. Summary -- IV: Welfare Rights -- 1. The Concept of a Welfare Right -- 2. The Existence of Welfare Rights: A Sampling of Views -- 3. Welfare Rights and Individual Sovereignty -- 4. Some Possible Misconceptions -- 5. Further Reflections on the Morality of Anti-Maleficence -- 6. Summary -- V: Virtue, Personal Worth, and the Interests of Others -- 1. Personal Worth and Moral Theory -- 2. The Aretaic and Deontic Theses -- 3. Appraising Persons and Appraising Traits -- 4. Other-Interested Virtues -- 5. Summary and Concluding Remarks