In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)

The problem of moral luck is that there is a contradiction in our common sense ideas about moral responsibility. In one strand of our thinking, we believe that a person can become more blameworthy by luck. For example, two reckless drivers manage their vehicles in the same way, and one but not the other kills a pedestrian. We blame the killer driver more than the merely reckless driver, because we believe that the killer driver is more blameworthy. Nevertheless, this idea contradicts another feature of our thinking captured in this moral principle: A person’s blameworthiness cannot be affected by that which is not within her control. Thus, our ordinary thinking about moral responsibility implies that the drivers are and are not equally blameworthy.
In Defense of Moral Luck aims to make progress in resolving this contradiction. Hartman defends the claim that certain kinds of luck in results, circumstance, and character can partially determine the degree of a person’s blameworthiness. He also explains why there is a puzzle in our thinking about moral responsibility in the first place if luck often affects a person’s praiseworthiness and blameworthiness. Furthermore, the book’s methodology provides a unique way to advance the moral luck debate with arguments from diverse areas in philosophy that do not bottom out in standard pro-moral luck intuitions.

Politics & Social Sciences

Hartman, Robert

Philosophy

Routledge

This book explains what GIS component technology means for managers and developers. The first half is oriented toward decision-makers and technical managers, and explains the general business case for the use of software components, trends in component technology, why the GIS industry needs software components, and how they are applied. The second half of the book is oriented toward programmers. It illustrates, through hands-on tutorials using Visual Basic and ESRIÆs MapObjects product, how to use GIS software components to create, display and query geographic data. A companion CD-ROM includes an evaluation copy of MapObjects and tutorial code. 
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Focus on Gis Component Software: Featuring Esri's Mapobjects

Computers & Technology

Onword Pr

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TALES from PINEHURST: STORIES FROM THE MECCA OF AMERICAN GOLF

Sports & Outdoors

Golf

Sports Pub

The younger players on the PGA Tour are emerging as the new heroes of the next generation. These players are electrifying galleries on the tour and taking the tradition-filled game to a new audience. Find out how 20-something players Justin Leonard, David Duval, Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson are changing the way the game is played, as -- week after week -- they etch their names onto the leader boards. Hear how they respect the players who walked the fairways before them, and find out why they represent the future of the game in the next millennium.

Masters of the Millennium: The Next Generation of the Pga Tour : Leonard, Duval, Woods and Mickelson

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Tales from Pinehurst: Stories from the Mecca of American Golf (Tales from the Team)

History

Campbell, William C.

Americas

Sports Publishing

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