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The Geometry of Desert
Taschenbuch von Shelly Kagan
Sprache: Englisch

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People differ in terms of how morally deserving they are. And it is a good thing if people get what they deserve. Accordingly, it is important to work out an adequate theory of moral desert. But while certain aspects of such a theory have been frequently discussed in the philosophical literature, many others have been surprisingly neglected. The Geometry of Desert explores a number of these less familiar questions, using graphs to illustrate the variouspossible answers. The result is a more careful investigation into the nature of moral desert than has ever previously been offered, one that reveals desert to have a hidden complexity that most of us have failed to recognize.
People differ in terms of how morally deserving they are. And it is a good thing if people get what they deserve. Accordingly, it is important to work out an adequate theory of moral desert. But while certain aspects of such a theory have been frequently discussed in the philosophical literature, many others have been surprisingly neglected. The Geometry of Desert explores a number of these less familiar questions, using graphs to illustrate the variouspossible answers. The result is a more careful investigation into the nature of moral desert than has ever previously been offered, one that reveals desert to have a hidden complexity that most of us have failed to recognize.
Über den Autor
Shelly Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale, where he has taught since 1995.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Acknowledgments

  • A Note to the Reader

  • 1. MORAL DESERT

  • 1.1 A Familiar Thought

  • 1.2 Some Familiar Questions

  • 1.3 Skepticism

  • 1.4 Intrinsic Value

  • 1.5 Unfamiliar Questions

  • PART I: NONCOMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 2. FAULT FORFEITS FIRST

  • 2.1 The Basic View

  • 2.2 Pluralism

  • 2.3 Extending the Account

  • 2.4 Discount Rates and Multipliers

  • 3. DESERT GRAPHS

  • 3.1 Graphs

  • 3.2 Varying Slopes

  • 3.3 Rotation

  • 3.4 Peaks

  • 3.5 Multiple Peaks

  • 3.6 Comparing Sides

  • 3.7 Bell Motion

  • 3.8 The Sym Mountain

  • 3.9 Shift

  • 4. SKYLINES

  • 4.1 The Occupation of the X Axis

  • 4.2 Constant Skylines

  • 4.3 The V Shaped Skyline

  • 4.4 Varieties of Desert

  • 4.5 Taking Stock

  • PART II: COMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

  • 5. OTHER SHAPES

  • 5.1 Plateaus

  • 5.2 Retributivism and Plateaus

  • 5.3 Simple Straight Lines

  • 5.4 Bent Lines

  • 5.5 Curved Desert

  • 5.6 Detailing Curved Desert

  • 5.7 Curved Plateaus

  • 6. PLACING PEAKS

  • 6.1 The Mapping Function

  • 6.2 Curved Mapping Functions

  • 6.3 Revisiting the Sym Mountain

  • 6.4 Revisiting the V Shaped Skyline

  • 6.5 Further Constraints on the Skyline

  • 6.6 The Logical Limits of Bell Motion

  • 6.7 Disaggregation

  • PART III: COMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 7. THE RATIO VIEW

  • 7.1 The Idea of Comparative Desert

  • 7.2 Problems for the Ratio View

  • 7.3 Optimism

  • 7.4 The Impossibility Defense

  • 7.5 Absolute Zero

  • 8. SIMILAR OFFENSE

  • 8.1 The Y Gap View

  • 8.2 Reconsidering the Cases

  • 8.3 More on the Y Gap Constraint

  • 8.4 Percentages

  • 8.5 A Fourth View

  • 9. GRAPHING COMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 9.1 Relative Advantage

  • 9.2 Two Problems

  • 9.3 Graphing the X Gap View

  • 9.4 Motion Along the Y Axis

  • 9.5 Graphing the Y Gap View

  • 10. VARIATION

  • 10.1 Comparative Bell Motion

  • 10.2 Comparative Skylines

  • 10.3 Moral Significance Again

  • 10.4 Two More Possibilities

  • 10.5 One Size Fits All

  • 10.6 Sliding Up

  • 11. GROUPS

  • 11.1 Two Approaches

  • 11.2 Size

  • 11.3 Another Look

  • 11.4 Adjusting the Graphs

  • 11.5 Variable Steepness Reconsidered

  • PART IV: DESERT

  • 12. DESERT TAKEN AS A WHOLE

  • 12.1 Partial Values

  • 12.2 Open Questions

  • 12.3 Rough Comparability

  • 12.4 Another Series

  • 12.5 Other Values

  • 13. RESERVATIONS

  • 13.1 Deontology

  • 13.2 Methodology

  • 13.3 Ideology

  • Endnotes

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 676
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190233723
ISBN-10: 0190233729
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kagan, Shelly
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 231 x 152 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Shelly Kagan
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,939 kg
preigu-id: 120654904
Über den Autor
Shelly Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale, where he has taught since 1995.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Acknowledgments

  • A Note to the Reader

  • 1. MORAL DESERT

  • 1.1 A Familiar Thought

  • 1.2 Some Familiar Questions

  • 1.3 Skepticism

  • 1.4 Intrinsic Value

  • 1.5 Unfamiliar Questions

  • PART I: NONCOMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 2. FAULT FORFEITS FIRST

  • 2.1 The Basic View

  • 2.2 Pluralism

  • 2.3 Extending the Account

  • 2.4 Discount Rates and Multipliers

  • 3. DESERT GRAPHS

  • 3.1 Graphs

  • 3.2 Varying Slopes

  • 3.3 Rotation

  • 3.4 Peaks

  • 3.5 Multiple Peaks

  • 3.6 Comparing Sides

  • 3.7 Bell Motion

  • 3.8 The Sym Mountain

  • 3.9 Shift

  • 4. SKYLINES

  • 4.1 The Occupation of the X Axis

  • 4.2 Constant Skylines

  • 4.3 The V Shaped Skyline

  • 4.4 Varieties of Desert

  • 4.5 Taking Stock

  • PART II: COMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

  • 5. OTHER SHAPES

  • 5.1 Plateaus

  • 5.2 Retributivism and Plateaus

  • 5.3 Simple Straight Lines

  • 5.4 Bent Lines

  • 5.5 Curved Desert

  • 5.6 Detailing Curved Desert

  • 5.7 Curved Plateaus

  • 6. PLACING PEAKS

  • 6.1 The Mapping Function

  • 6.2 Curved Mapping Functions

  • 6.3 Revisiting the Sym Mountain

  • 6.4 Revisiting the V Shaped Skyline

  • 6.5 Further Constraints on the Skyline

  • 6.6 The Logical Limits of Bell Motion

  • 6.7 Disaggregation

  • PART III: COMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 7. THE RATIO VIEW

  • 7.1 The Idea of Comparative Desert

  • 7.2 Problems for the Ratio View

  • 7.3 Optimism

  • 7.4 The Impossibility Defense

  • 7.5 Absolute Zero

  • 8. SIMILAR OFFENSE

  • 8.1 The Y Gap View

  • 8.2 Reconsidering the Cases

  • 8.3 More on the Y Gap Constraint

  • 8.4 Percentages

  • 8.5 A Fourth View

  • 9. GRAPHING COMPARATIVE DESERT

  • 9.1 Relative Advantage

  • 9.2 Two Problems

  • 9.3 Graphing the X Gap View

  • 9.4 Motion Along the Y Axis

  • 9.5 Graphing the Y Gap View

  • 10. VARIATION

  • 10.1 Comparative Bell Motion

  • 10.2 Comparative Skylines

  • 10.3 Moral Significance Again

  • 10.4 Two More Possibilities

  • 10.5 One Size Fits All

  • 10.6 Sliding Up

  • 11. GROUPS

  • 11.1 Two Approaches

  • 11.2 Size

  • 11.3 Another Look

  • 11.4 Adjusting the Graphs

  • 11.5 Variable Steepness Reconsidered

  • PART IV: DESERT

  • 12. DESERT TAKEN AS A WHOLE

  • 12.1 Partial Values

  • 12.2 Open Questions

  • 12.3 Rough Comparability

  • 12.4 Another Series

  • 12.5 Other Values

  • 13. RESERVATIONS

  • 13.1 Deontology

  • 13.2 Methodology

  • 13.3 Ideology

  • Endnotes

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 676
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190233723
ISBN-10: 0190233729
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kagan, Shelly
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 231 x 152 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Shelly Kagan
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,939 kg
preigu-id: 120654904
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