Suffering and moral responsibility /
Mayerfeld, Jamie.
Suffering and moral responsibility / Jamie Mayerfeld. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages). - Oxford ethics series . - Oxford ethics series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
Introduction -- The meaning of suffering -- The measurement of suffering -- The moral significance of suffering -- The duty to relieve suffering -- The moral asymmetry of happiness and suffering -- Trade-offs internal to the duty to relieve suffering -- The limits of the duty to relieve suffering.
"In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its identification and measurement. He then turns to an examination of the duty to relieve suffering: its content, its weight relative to other moral considerations, and the role it should play in our lives."--Jacket.
0585348073 (electronic bk.) 9780585348070 (electronic bk.) 1423762924 (electronic bk.) 9781423762928 (electronic bk.) 9780198027553 0198027559 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Responsibility.
Souffrance--Aspect moral.
Responsabilité.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Responsibility.
Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Verantwoordelijkheid.
Lijden.
Ethische aspecten.
Ethik
Leid
Verantwortung
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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Suffering and moral responsibility / Jamie Mayerfeld. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages). - Oxford ethics series . - Oxford ethics series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
Introduction -- The meaning of suffering -- The measurement of suffering -- The moral significance of suffering -- The duty to relieve suffering -- The moral asymmetry of happiness and suffering -- Trade-offs internal to the duty to relieve suffering -- The limits of the duty to relieve suffering.
"In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its identification and measurement. He then turns to an examination of the duty to relieve suffering: its content, its weight relative to other moral considerations, and the role it should play in our lives."--Jacket.
0585348073 (electronic bk.) 9780585348070 (electronic bk.) 1423762924 (electronic bk.) 9781423762928 (electronic bk.) 9780198027553 0198027559 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Responsibility.
Souffrance--Aspect moral.
Responsabilité.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Responsibility.
Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Verantwoordelijkheid.
Lijden.
Ethische aspecten.
Ethik
Leid
Verantwortung
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BJ1409 / .M28 1999eb
179