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020			_a9781412813402
040			_cCity Schools Division of Dasmariñas
082			_a170.'.42 W73m 2010
100			_aWren, Thomas E.
245			_aMoral obligations: actions, intention, and valuation
250			_arev. ed.
264			_c2010 _aNew Brunswick U.S.A. _bTransaction Publishers
300			_aix, 139 pages ; 23 cm
500			_aOriginally published: Agency and urgency. New York: Precedent Pub., 1974
500			_aNotes: Revised edition of Agency and Urgency: the origin of moral obligation. New York: Precedent Pub., 1974
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSummary: There are many ways of writing about the moral life; Moral Obligations follow the way of what philosophers call "meta-ethics": the analysis, not of particular moral problems, but of how the concepts used in formulating and solving them, concepts like "right" and "obligatory," have significance and power over us. The meta-ethical part of this book is preceded by a discussion of action, in which Wren lays the foundations for the argument that moral obligation is a part of the formal structure of human agency. Wren's argument is practical and social-psychological: it is to help all, starting with those who are already committed to some version of the ethic of individual dignity, to promote interagency fellowship and peace as a result of seeing a certain truth, namely, the truth that the urgency of their feelings of moral obligation derives from an unspoken intention to belong to a community of agents. Moral Obligations begin with the philosophy of action, and then it reviews the historical debate about the nature of obligation and its social context. This is followed by a section about action in general: it establishes the standpoint of the agent and makes an inventory of several species of action. Later chapters summarize the foregoing themes, with emphasis on the unspoken side of the intention, and develop them in conjunction with an analysis of the hypothetical imperative. The work closes with a discussion of the dilemma of membership in competing moral communities. -- ‡c From the publisher's description _bContents: Action Intention Valuation Obligation The moral community The moral domain
650			_xEthics
650			_xMorale
650			_xDuty
650			_xethics (philosophy)
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