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Heroes, saints & ordinary morality / Andrew Michael Flescher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Moral traditions seriesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2003.Description: viii, 344 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0878401377 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Heroes, saints, and ordinary morality
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 21
LOC classification:
  • BJ1451 .F58 2003
Contents:
Supererogation, optional morality, and the importance of J.O. Urmson and David Heyd in the history of ethics -- The standard view under critical scrutiny -- Ordinary human heroes -- Suffering saints -- Moral development, obligation, and supererogation -- Human striving and creative justice -- Conclusion: The banality and contingency of good and evil.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-337) and index.

Supererogation, optional morality, and the importance of J.O. Urmson and David Heyd in the history of ethics -- The standard view under critical scrutiny -- Ordinary human heroes -- Suffering saints -- Moral development, obligation, and supererogation -- Human striving and creative justice -- Conclusion: The banality and contingency of good and evil.

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