The book consists of a short introduction to the significance of unintended consequences and four chapters. The first chapter develops a typology of unintended consequences and distinguishes them from historical contingencies. The second chapter analyzes three types of causes of such consequences: worldly, practical and psychological causes. The third explores the significant problems these consequences pose for standard moral theories. The fourth and final chapter examines how we might begin both to think about and cope with unintended consequences in an ethically good way.
The book consists of a short introduction to the significance of unintended consequences and four chapters. The first chapter develops a typology o...
Featuring a comprehensive approach to the subject of unintended consequences, this book focuses on the inherent unpredictability of human action as a major cause of such consequences. It explores methods and structures to help us identify possible unintended consequences before we act and to enable us to better cope with them as they arise.
Featuring a comprehensive approach to the subject of unintended consequences, this book focuses on the inherent unpredictability of human action as a ...
Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said, "Ethics is aesthetics." It is unclear what such a claim might mean and whether it is true. This book explores contentious issues arising at the interface of ethics and aesthetics. The contributions reflect on the status of aesthetic en ethical judgments, the relation of aesthetic beauty and ethical goodness and art and character development. The book further considers the potential role art could play in ethical analysis and in the classroom and explores in what respects aesthetics and ethics might be intertwined and even mutually supportive.
Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said, "Ethics is aesthetics." It is unclear what such a claim might mean and whether it is true. This book explores conte...
