cam a22 4 4500 528773399 CHVBK 20201013213339.0 180922s2017 xxc b||| 000 0 eng|d 978-0-7735-5110-7 cloth 978-0-7735-5111-4 paper (NEBIS)011250240 (RERO)R008762172 (OCoLC)1012419852 DEBBG ger SzZuIDS NEBIS ZBZ rda BJ1500.C65 M355 2017 s1ph rero 171.7 100 15 Murray Malcolm 1959- (DE-588)143687107 Verfasser aut Morals and consent contractarian solutions to ethical woes Malcolm Murray Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press [2017] xii, 398 Seiten Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-384) and index The consent principle -- Game theory, evolution, and metaethics -- Contractarian lineage -- Euthanasia : end-of-life choices -- Abortion : fetuses and rights -- The death penalty : killing killers -- Sex trades -- Unwanted sexual offers -- Prejudice and affirmative action -- Duties of beneficence? -- Animals and obligations -- The environment and its future tenants -- Genetic meddling and organ sales -- Terrorism and torture -- Blackmail and imprudence "How ought we to behave? More importantly, how are we to defend whatever answer we give? Concerning the second question, most people presuppose unsupported metaphysics. In contrast, Morals and Consent grounds our notion of morality in natural evolution, and from that basis, Malcolm Murray shows why contractarianism is a far more viable moral theory than presently credited. The scope of Morals and Consent has two main parts: theory and application. In the theory part, Murray defends contractarianism by appeal to evolutionary game theory and metaethical analyses. The main idea is that we are not going to find morality as an objective fact in the world. Instead, we can understand morality as a reciprocal cooperative trait. From this minimal moral architecture, Murray derives his innovative consent principle. The application of the theory, detailing what contractarians can--or ought to--say about moral matters, takes up the greater percentage of the work. Murray offers a trenchant examination of what moral constraints we can claim concerning death (abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment), sex (pornography, prostitution, and sexual assault), beneficence (toward present and future people, animals, and the environment), and liberty (genetic enhancement, organ sales, and torture). Murray's Morals and Consent is a serious and utterly unique advance in the field of applied ethics. By focussing on the epistemic justification of our moral claims--or the lack thereof--Murray's evolutionary contractarianism fills a welcome niche in the field of applied ethics."-- Provided by publisher Ethik (DE-588)4015602-3 gnd Sozialvertrag (DE-588)4077620-7 gnd Soziokultureller Wandel (DE-588)4227561-1 gnd Contractarianism (Ethics) Contractarianism (Ethics) fast Philosophy fast Philosophy Morale (RERO)A021096072 rero Contrat social (RERO)A021011639 rero Évolution (biologie) (RERO)A021052633 rero Méta-éthique (RERO)A021095161 rero BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved rero zbzmon201809f tobt zbzswk201810g somm idszbz Z2 RERO RE01003 RE01003 RE010030001 NA 2018.1970 NEBIS Z01 Z01 02 2018 A 40212 NEBIS 100 1- Murray Malcolm 1959- (DE-588)143687107 Verfasser aut RERO 100 1- Murray Malcolm 1959- (IDREF)120505134 cre NEBIS ZAD50 EBI01 Z01 https://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf03/z01_978-0-7735-5110-7_01.pdf Titelblatt und Inhaltsverzeichnis VIEW pdf SWISSBIB 50327089X