Absolutism and Its Consequentialist Critics

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a clear and sharp introduction which defines absolutism from both consequentialism and more moderate deontological views...-ETHICS

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. . . outstanding collection of pieces... the reader will almost certainly have at the end the materials with which to make their own assessment of the contending positions. Few anthologies indeed ever achieve this. -- R G. Frey, Bowling Green State University
. . . a clear and sharp introduction which defines strong and weak versions of absolutism and distinguishes absolutism from both consequentialism and more moderate deontological views . . . In addition to providing an excellent textbook, specialists will also benefit from having all of these pieces collected together and ready at hand. * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy *

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Joram Graf Haber, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Bergen Community College, is the author of Forgiveness (Rowman & Littlefield) and the editor of Doing and Being: Selected Readings in Moral Philosophy (Macmillan).