Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a focused, concrete case for the centrality of paradoxes within morality.
- Explores what these paradoxes can teach us about morality and the human condition
- Considers a broad range of subjects, from familiar topics to rarely posed questions, among them "Fortunate Misfortune", "Beneficial Retirement" and "Preferring Not To Have Been Born"
- Asks whether the existence of moral paradox is a good or a bad thing
- Presents analytic moral philosophy in a provocative, engaging and entertaining way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes themselves
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List of Figures viii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Fortunate Misfortune 11
2 The Paradox of Beneficial Retirement 23
3 Two Paradoxes about Justice and the Severity of Punishment 33
4 Blackmail: The Solution 42
5 The Paradox of Non-Punishment 50
6 On Not Being Sorry about the Morally Bad 59
7 Choice-Egalitarianism and the Paradox of the Baseline 67
8 Morality and Moral Worth 77
9 The Paradox of Moral Complaint 90
10 Preferring Not to Have Been Born 100
11 A Meta-Paradox: Are Paradoxes Bad? 113
12 Reflections on Moral Paradox 122
Postscript: The Future and Moral Paradox 134
References 138
Index 142
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Saul Smilansky University of Haifa, Israel.
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