When Doing the Right Thing is Impossible

When Doing the Right Thing is Impossible
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9780190657581
ISBN-13 : 0190657588
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Book Synopsis When Doing the Right Thing is Impossible by : Lisa Tessman

Download or read book When Doing the Right Thing is Impossible written by Lisa Tessman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible yet throught-provoking work, Lisa Tessman takes us through gripping examples of the impossible demands of morality -- some epic, and others quotidian -- whose central predicament is: How do we make decisions when morality demands we do something that we cannot?


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