Freedom and fulfillment : philosophical essays
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Freedom and fulfillment : philosophical essays
（Princeton paperbacks）
Princeton University Press, 1994, c1992
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Collection of articles written in the 1980s
Includes index
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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with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen essays, three of them previously unpublished, reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in the field of legal philosophy.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.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming (1986)3Ch. 2Abortion (1979)37Ch. 3The Child's Right to an Open Future (1980)76Ch. 4Sentiment and Sentimentality in Practical Ethics (1982)98Ch. 5Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion (1975)124Ch. 6Civil Disobedience in the Modern World (1979)152Ch. 7The Moral and Legal Responsibility of the Bad Samaritan (1984)175Ch. 8In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Bare Existence (1990)197Ch. 9In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Social Importance (1990)220Ch. 10In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Constitutional Relevance (1990)245Ch. 11An Unpromising Approach to the "Right to Die" (1991)260Ch. 12Seven Modes of Reasoning That Can Justify Overlooking the Merits of the Individual Case - When the Facts Are Right (1991)283Ch. 13Absurd Self-Fulfillment (1980)297Ch. 14The Absurd and the Comic: Why Does Some Incongruity Please? (1989)331Index347
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