Understanding Harm and its Moral Significance

The paper explores how harm must be understood if intuitively attractive deontological principles concerning the infliction and prevention of harm are to be vindicated. It focuses especially upon how harm must be understood if it is to be plausible that preventing people from undergoing harm takes p...

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Autore principale: Hanser, Matthew (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2019]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Anno: 2019, Volume: 22, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 853-870
Altre parole chiave:B Intrinsic / extrinsic value
B Deontological principles
B Harm
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Riepilogo:The paper explores how harm must be understood if intuitively attractive deontological principles concerning the infliction and prevention of harm are to be vindicated. It focuses especially upon how harm must be understood if it is to be plausible that preventing people from undergoing harm takes priority over improving the conditions of badly-off people who have not suffered harm.
ISSN:1572-8447
Comprende:Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10677-019-09996-4