Books written by Michael J. Zimmerman

  • The Nature of Intrinsic Value
    The Nature of Intrinsic Value

    Taken from Davidson, Actions and Events, 4. 62. See the works mentioned in n. 59 above. 63. Actually, this overstates the case somewhat. It is proponents of the Principle of Organic Unities (to be discussed in the next section) who are ...

  • The Good, the Right, Life and Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman
    The Good, the Right, Life and Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman

    163–65. Smart, J. J. C. (1973), 'An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics,' in Utilitarianism: For and Against, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge), pp. 1–74. Sobel, Jordan Howard (1976), ...

  • The Concept of Moral Obligation
    The Concept of Moral Obligation

    Indeed , McConnell himself says this . But then , as McConnell states , it would be inaccurate to say of his example that in it an excuse is being offered . This would mean that what many find natural to say about his example is in fact ...

  • The Good, the Right, Life and Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman
    The Good, the Right, Life and Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman

    Sinnott - Armstrong , Walter ( 2003 ) , " Consequentialism , ' Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism . Sosa , David ( 1993 ) , ' Consequences of Consequentialism , ' Mind , Vol .

  • Ignorance and Moral Obligation
    Ignorance and Moral Obligation

    Michael J. Zimmerman explores whether and how our ignorance about ourselves and our circumstances affects what our moral obligations and moral rights are.

  • Ignorance and Moral Responsibility
    Ignorance and Moral Responsibility

    It requires saying , for instance , not only that no one is to blame , but also that no one could be to blame , for the tragedy of thalidomide ; that no one could ever be to blame for anyone's suffering ; and so on .

  • The Immorality of Punishment
    The Immorality of Punishment

    In The Immorality of Punishment Michael Zimmerman argues forcefully that not only our current practice but indeed any practice of legal punishment is deeply morally repugnant, no matter how vile the behaviour that is its target.

  • Recent Work on Intrinsic Value
    Recent Work on Intrinsic Value

    The contributions to this volume have been selected in such a way that all of the fundamental questions concerning the nature of intrinsic value are treated in depth and from a variety of viewpoints.

  • Ignorance and Moral Responsibility
    Ignorance and Moral Responsibility

    Michael J. Zimmerman investigates the relation between ignorance and moral responsibility.