Situation Ethics: True or False? - Couverture souple

Montgomery, John Warwick; Fletcher, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 194597821X ISBN 13 : 9781945978210

Editeur : 1517 Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Joseph Fletcher says: . . . Whether we ought to follow a moral principle or not would always depend upon the situation. . . . In some situations unmarried love could be infinitely more moral than married unlove. Lying could be more Christian than telling the truth. . . stealing could be better than respective private property . . .no action is good or right of itself. It depends on whether it hurts or helps people. . . .There are no normative moral principles whatsoever which are intrinsically valid or universally obliging. We may not absolutize the norms of human conduct. . . . Love is the highest good and the first-order value, the primary consideration to which in every act . . .we should be prepared to sidetrack or subordinate other value considerations of right and wrong.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Warwick Montgomery is the author of more than sixty books in six languages. He holds eleven earned degrees, including a master of philosophy in law from the University of Essex, England, a PhD from the University of Chicago, a doctorate in protestant theology from the University of Strasbourg, France, and a higher doctorate in law (LLD) from the University of Cardiff, Wales. He is a Lutheran clergyman and an English barrister. He has been admitted to practice as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the United States and is a practicing avocat, Barreau de Paris, France. Dr. Montgomery is Professor Emeritus of Law and Humanities, University of Bedfordshire, England, and additionally serves as Professor-at-Large for 1517.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 1517 Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 194597821X
• ISBN 13: 9781945978210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
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