Freedom and Fulfillment: Philosophical EssaysPrinceton University Press, 1994年12月4日 - 358 頁 Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen essays, three of them previously unpublished, reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in the field of legal philosophy. With a clarity and humor that will be familiar to readers of his other works, Feinberg writes on topics including "wrongful life" suits in the law of torts, or whether there is any sense in the remark that a person is so badly off that he would be better off not existing at all; the morality of abortion; educational options; free expression; civil disobedience; and the duty of easy rescue in criminal law. He continues with a three-part defense of moral rights in the abstract, a discussion of voluntary euthanasia, and an inquiry into arguments of various kinds for not granting legal rights in enforcement of a person's acknowledged moral rights. This collection concludes with two essays dealing with concepts used in appraising the whole of a person's life: absurdity and self-fulfillment, and their interplay. |
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Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming 1986 | 3 |
Abortion 1979 | 37 |
The Childs Right to an Open Future 1980 | 76 |
Sentiment and Sentimentality in Practical Ethnics 1982 | 98 |
Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion 1975 | 124 |
Civil Disobedience in the Modern World 1979 | 152 |
The Moral and Legal Responsibility of the Bad Samaritan 1984 | 175 |
In Defense of Moral Rights Their Bare Existence 1990 | 197 |
In Defense of Moral Rights Their Social Importance 1990 | 220 |
In Defense of Moral Rights Their Constitutional Relevance 1990 | 245 |
An Unpromising Approach to the Right to Die 1991 | 260 |
Seven Modes of Reasoning That Can Justify Overlooking the Merits of the Individual CaseWhen the Facts Are Right 1991 | 283 |
Absurd SelfFulfillment 1980 | 297 |
The Absurd and the Comic Why Does Some Incongruity Please? 1989 | 331 |
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