Morality as legislation rules and consequences

'What would happen if everyone acted that way?' This question is often used in everyday moral assessments, but it has a paradoxical quality: it draws not only on Kantian ideas of a universal moral law but also on consequentialist claims that what is right depends on the outcome. In this bo...

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Main Author: Tuckness, Alex Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
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