Moral Dilemmas, Compromise and Compensation

Philosophy 66 (257):369 - 375 (1991)
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Moral dilemmas, or moral conflicts, present a leading problem in Ethics. Ross calls them the problem of conflicting prima facie moral obligations. Lemmon calls them ‘moral dilemmas’, and Sinnott-Armstrong in his recent book discusses them thoroughly and provides extensive references to relevant literature

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Moral Vision: An Introduction to Ethics.David Mcnaughton - 1988 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 30 (3):188-189.
Moral Dilemmas.Earl Conee & Walter Sinnott-Armstrong - 1992 - Philosophical Review 101 (2):460.
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The Right and the Good. By R. Robinson. [REVIEW]W. D. Ross - 1930 - International Journal of Ethics 41:343.
The Obligation of Reparation.D. N. MacCormick - 1978 - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 78:175 - 193.

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