Applbaum Ethics for Adversaries

The Morality of Roles in Public and Professional Life
Core Textbook
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2293-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Pt. I Necessary Offices 1

Ch. 1 Arguments for Adversaries 3

Ch. 2 Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris 15

Pt. II Roles and Reasons 43

Ch. 3 Doctor, Schmoctor: Practice Positivism and Its Complications 45

Ch. 4 The Remains of the Role 61

Ch. 5 Are Lawyers Liars? The Argument of Redescription 76

Pt. III Games and Violations 111

Ch. 6 Rules of the Game and Fair Play 113

Ch. 7 Are Violations of Rights Ever Right? 136

Ch. 8 Ethics in Equilibrium 175

Pt. IV Authority and Dissent 205

Ch. 9 Democratic Legitimacy and Official Discretion 207

Ch. 10 Montaigne's Mistake 240

Sources and Credits 261

Index 263

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur Isak Applbaum is Professor of Ethics and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Director of Graduate Fellowships in the Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions.