Imperceptible Harms and Benefits
The papers collected here represent the most recent work on a much neglected problem in practical reasoning. It is the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. It is perhaps better to characterize the problem as a collection of puzzles or paradoxes, since those who deny the existence (or possib...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 2. Pooled Beneficence
- 3. Garrett Cullity’ s Response to an Imperceptibility Challenge
- 4. Perceiving Imperceptible Harms: With Other Thoughts on Transitivity, Cumulative Effects, and Consequentialism
- 5. The Least Sub-noticeable Difference
- 6. Utility Pumps and the Value of Partial Compliance
- 7. Utilitarianism and Interpersonally Comparable Cardinal Utility: Some Implications of Just Perceivable Increments of Happiness
- 8. Money Pump with Foresight