Suffering and moral responsibility / Jamie Mayerfeld.

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Mayerfeld, Jamie

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford ethics seriesPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585348073
9780585348070
1423762924
9781423762928
9780198027553
0198027559

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Suffering and moral responsibility.DDC classification:

179 21

LOC classification:

BJ1409 .M28 1999eb

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08.38
CC 7200
5,1

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Contents:

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.

Review: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.

"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.

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