The Limits of Morality

by Shelly Kagan

Overview

Most of us believe that there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand of us. We also think that certain types of acts are simply forbidden, even when necessary for promoting the overall good. Here Kagan argues that attempts to defend these sorts of moral limit are inadequate. In thus rejecting two of the most fundamental features of commonsense morality, the book offers a sustained attack on our ordinary moral views.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191520082
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/09/1989
Series:	Oxford Ethics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	516 KB

About the Author

University of Illinois, Chicago

Editorial Reviews

"Kagan writes with exemplary clarity and shows considerable ingenuity in arguing for his massively counterintuitive and really rather sinister thesis."—Times Higher Education Supplement

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