Ethics in the Gray Area (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009336789)

What should morally conscientious agents do if they must choose among options that are somewhat right and somewhat wrong? Should one select an option that is right to the highest degree, or would it perhaps be more rational to choose randomly among all somewhat right options? And how should lawmakers and courts address behaviour that is neither entirely right nor entirely wrong? In this first book-length discussion of the 'gray area' in ethics, Martin Peterson challenges the assumption that rightness and wrongness are binary properties and explores acts which are neither entirely right nor entirely wrong, but rather a bit of both. Including discussions of white lies and the permissibility of abortion, Peterson's book presents a gradualist theory of right and wrong designed to answer these and other practical questions about the gray area in ethics.

Author: Martin Peterson
ISBN-10: 1009336789
ISBN-13: 9781009336789
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2023
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d