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Zusatztext Tessman uses many real and engaging examples throughout this book, which is aimed at a general audience with little or no background in philosophy. This book is not overtly a feminist book; rather, it is about normative ethics and its demands. Crucially, it is mainly about what does and should motivate moral action, which of course has implications for feminists, especially given the feminist debates about whether moral action should be motivated by reason or care. Informationen zum Autor Lisa Tessman is Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. She teaches and does research in ethics, moral psychology, feminist philosophy, and related areas. Her work focuses on understanding how real human beings construct morality and experience moral demands, especially under difficult conditions. She is the author of Burdened Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles (OUP, 2005), and Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality (OUP, 2015). Klappentext In this accessible yet throught-provoking work, Lisa Tessman takes us through gripping examples of the impossible demands of morality ¿ some epic, and others quotidian ¿ whose central predicament is: How do we make decisions when morality demands we do something that we cannot? Zusammenfassung In this accessible yet throught-provoking work, Lisa Tessman takes us through gripping examples of the impossible demands of morality -- some epic, and others quotidian -- whose central predicament is: How do we make decisions when morality demands we do something that we cannot? Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Are There Moral Dilemmas? Chapter 2. Negotiable and Non-Negotiable Moral Requirements Chapter 3. How Do We Make Moral Judgments? Chapter 4. The Experience of Requirement Chapter 5. Love and the Unthinkable Chapter 6. Sacred Values Chapter 7. Constructing Morality Conclusion
