Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm

by Frances Myrna Kamm

In Intricate Ethics, Kamm questions the moral importance of some non-consequentialist distinctions and then introduces and argues for the moral importance of other distinctions. The first section discusses nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the trolley problem; the second deals with the notions of moral status and rights; the third takes up the issues of responsibility and complicity and the possible moral significance of distance; and the fourth section analyzes the views of others in the non-consequentialist and consequentialist camps.

Genres: Philosophy

520 pages, Hardcover

First published December 14, 2006

Reviews

[Govind · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are many fun examples: "That is, we have to choose between either (1) helping the person in the transmitter room who has been injured independently of any means we are using to transmit the game (e.g. a bear is sitting on him)..."

[bitmaid · Rating 1 out of 5]

I actually laughed so hard a few times. You can "explore" and "pursue" as many nuances as you want, doesn't hide the fact that you are just milling words for work.