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1042352
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b796722
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Main Entry
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Hare, R. M., (Richard Mervyn)
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Title & Author
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Moral thinking : : its levels, method, and point /\ by R.M. Hare.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1981.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)
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ISBN
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0191519871
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: 0191597597
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: 0198246595
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: 0198246609
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: 1282006878
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: 6612006870
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: 9780191519871
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: 9780191597596
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: 9780198246596
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: 9780198246602
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: 9781282006874
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: 9786612006876
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
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Contents
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PART I. LEVELS; 1. Introduction; 2. Moral Conflicts; 3. The Archangel and the Prole; 4. Descriptivism and the Error Theory; PART II. METHOD; 5. Another's Sorrow; 6. Universalization; 7. Interpersonal Comparison; 8. Loyalty and Evil Desires; 9. Rights and Justice; PART III. POINT; 10. Fanaticism and Amoralism; 11. Prudence, Morality and Supererogation; 12. Objectivity and Rationality; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X.
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Abstract
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By distinguishing between 2 different levels of moral thinking, we see how utilitarian reasoning at the critical level - enlisting impartial sympathy for others' predicaments, which we must have if we fully understand them and universalize our preferences as morality requires - generates moral principles for use at the intuitive level.
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Subject
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Ethics.
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Morale.
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Ethics.
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Subject
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PHILOSOPHY-- Ethics Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Social.
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Subject
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Moraal.
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Dewey Classification
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170
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LC Classification
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BJ1012.H3135 1981eb
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