Moral Uncertainty and Its ConsequencesOxford University Press, 20 avr. 2000 - 232 pages We are often uncertain how to behave morally in complex situations. In this controversial study, Ted Lockhart contends that moral philosophy has failed to address how we make such moral decisions. Adapting decision theory to the task of decision-making under moral uncertainly, he proposes that we should not always act how we feel we ought to act, and that sometimes we should act against what we feel to be morally right. Lockhart also discusses abortion extensively and proposes new ways to deal with the ethical and moral issues which surround it. |
Table des matières
1 Decisionmaking under Moral Uncertainty | 3 |
2 Principles for Decisionmaking under Moral Uncertainty | 22 |
3 Abortion and Moral Uncertainty | 50 |
4 Degrees of Moral Rightness | 74 |
5 Shall I Act Supererogatorily? | 98 |
6 Confidentiality and Moral Uncertainty | 111 |
7 A DecisionTheoretic Reconstruction of Roe v Wade | 124 |
8 LongRun Morality | 143 |
9 Retrospective | 169 |
Decisions with Uncertain Probabilities | 171 |
Notes | 177 |
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