Needs and moral necessity

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Needs and moral necessity

Soran Reader

(Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory)

Routledge, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-166) and index

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  • What ethics is
  • Ethics as a practice
  • Meeting patients' needs
  • The moral demandingness of needs
  • Objections
  • Consequentialism
  • Deontology
  • Virtue ethics

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Needs and Moral Necessity analyses ethics as a practice, explains why we have three moral theory-types, consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics, and argues for a fourth needs-based theory.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. What Ethics Is 3. Ethics as a Practice 4. Meeting Patients' Needs 5. The Moral Demandingness of Needs 6. Objections 7. Consequentialism 8. Deontology 9. Virtue Ethics

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