The limits of moral obligation
Subtitle: moral demandingness and ought implies can
By: edited by Marcel van Ackeren and Michael Kühler
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory -- 33
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781138824232; 9781315740812
Subjects: Duty; Responsibility; Social ethics; Free will and determinism
Description: "The idea for this volume grew out of discussions about how to analyze limits of moral obligation in general. The debates on (over-)demandingness, on the one hand, and on the principle 'ought implies can,' on the other hand, usually appear separated and their respective issues do not seem to be related. However, we raised the question of how both issues had to be analyzed if they were to be thought of as being more closely relate to each other than usually expected. Consquently, this volume is intended to address this theoretical option against the background of state of the art contributions to both issues"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.