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How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers.

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Notes on Contributors Introduction Demandingness and Arguments From Presupposition; G.Cullity What Do Basic Rights Demand?; R.Cruft Demandingness and Rules; O.O'Neill Impartial Benevolence and Partial Love; T.Chappell Demandingness, Moral Development and Moral Philosophy; J.Cottingham Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Demandingness; C.Swanton Consequentialism, Integrity and Demandingness; A.Thomas The Demandingness Objection; B.Hooker Is Utilitarian Morality Necessarily Too Demanding?; A.Carter Moral Demands and Not Doing the Best One Can; J.Louise The Demanding Future; T.Mulgan Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 9/16/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780230219403, 978-0230219403
      ISBN10: 0230219403
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      Book Synopsis
      How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers.

      Table of Contents
      Notes on Contributors Introduction Demandingness and Arguments From Presupposition; G.Cullity What Do Basic Rights Demand?; R.Cruft Demandingness and Rules; O.O'Neill Impartial Benevolence and Partial Love; T.Chappell Demandingness, Moral Development and Moral Philosophy; J.Cottingham Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Demandingness; C.Swanton Consequentialism, Integrity and Demandingness; A.Thomas The Demandingness Objection; B.Hooker Is Utilitarian Morality Necessarily Too Demanding?; A.Carter Moral Demands and Not Doing the Best One Can; J.Louise The Demanding Future; T.Mulgan Bibliography Index

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