Book contents
- Ethics in the Gray Area
- Ethics in the Gray Area
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Meaning Tracks Use
- Chapter 2 Conflicting Reasons
- Chapter 3 Conflicting Sources of Normativity
- Chapter 4 The Binary Theory
- Chapter 5 Moral Indeterminacy and Vagueness
- Chapter 6 Normative Ethics for Gradualists
- Chapter 7 Rational Choice for Gradualists
- Chapter 8 Indeterminate and Vague Laws
- Chapter 9 Depolarization
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2023
- Ethics in the Gray Area
- Ethics in the Gray Area
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Meaning Tracks Use
- Chapter 2 Conflicting Reasons
- Chapter 3 Conflicting Sources of Normativity
- Chapter 4 The Binary Theory
- Chapter 5 Moral Indeterminacy and Vagueness
- Chapter 6 Normative Ethics for Gradualists
- Chapter 7 Rational Choice for Gradualists
- Chapter 8 Indeterminate and Vague Laws
- Chapter 9 Depolarization
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
This book explores the idea that there is a gray area in ethics. My central claim is that some acts are somewhat right and somewhat wrong, meaning that deontic concepts such as RIGHT and WRONG (capitalized to indicate that we are discussing the concepts and not the entities they refer to) are gradable. Philosophical theories of indeterminacy and vagueness can shed light on some aspects of the gradualist hypothesis, but they leave important questions open. It is, for instance, not clear what a morally conscientious agent should do if she must choose among options that are somewhat right and somewhat wrong.
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- Ethics in the Gray AreaA Gradualist Theory of Right and Wrong, pp. 1 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023