Suffering and Moral Responsibility
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 October 1999
- ISBN 9780195115994
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 161x237x20 mm
- Weight 544 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book is about the duty to relieve suffering. Jamie Mayerfeld argues that this obligation is far stronger than most of us acknowledge. He begins this study with a discussion of the meaning of suffering, and its measurement and moral significance. He then argues that the prima facie duty to relieve suffering arises directly from the badness of suffering, and he defends the view that such alleviation is more important than the promotion of happiness. Finally, Mayerfeld addresses the question of how to identify those occasions when such relief is not morally required or is indeed wrong.
MoreLong description:
This book is about the duty to relieve suffering. Jamie Mayerfield argues that this duty is far stronger than most of us acknowledge - an argument with far-reaching implications for how we should live. He begins by offering an account of the meaning of suffering. From there he moves on to a discussion of the measurement and moral significance of suffering. Mayerfield argues that the prima facie duty (which may be overridden by other duties) to relieve suffering arises directly from the badness of suffering. The alleviation of suffering, he claims, is morally more important than the promotion of happiness. He goes on to examine the proper resolution of trade-offs internal to the duty to relieve suffering: e.g., what should we do when we can eliminate the suffering of one group of people or another, but not both? Finally, Mayerfield addresses the question of how to identify those occasions when the relief of suffering is not morally required or is indeed wrong.
His [Meyerfeld's] main argument is highly plausible ... Meyerfeld's approach will appeal to many moral philosophers who find consequentialism theoretically untenable, yet are convinced that morality requires much more of us than common sense recognizes. In offering a sustained argument along these relatively unexplored lines, Suffering and Moral Responsibility is well worth the attention of anyone interested in the morality of suffering.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Meaning of Suffering
3. The Measurement of Suffering
4. The Moral Significance of Suffering
5. The Duty to Relieve Suffering
6. The Moral Asymmetry of Happiness and Suffering
7. Trade-offs Internal to the Duty to Relieve Suffering
8. The Limits of the Duty to Relieve Suffering
Notes
Bibliography
Index
