Doing and allowing harm /
Doing harm seems much harder to justify than merely allowing harm. If a boulder is rushing towards Bob, you may refuse to save Bob's life by driving your car into the path of the boulder if doing so would cost you your own life. You may not push the boulder towards Bob to save your own life. Th...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Analysis of the doing/allowing distinction
- Defence of the doctrine of doing and allowing
- Obligations to aid
- General ethical theories and the doctine of doing and allowing.