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- catalog abstract ""In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its identification and measurement. He then turns to an examination of the duty to relieve suffering: its content, its weight relative to other moral considerations, and the role it should play in our lives."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11101977.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its identification and measurement. He then turns to an examination of the duty to relieve suffering: its content, its weight relative to other moral considerations, and the role it should play in our lives."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. The Meaning of Suffering -- 3. The Measurement of Suffering -- 4. The Moral Significance of Suffering -- 5. The Duty To Relieve Suffering -- 6. The Moral Asymmetry of Happiness and Suffering.".
- catalog description "7. Trade-offs Internal to the Duty To Relieve Suffering -- 8. The Limits of the Duty To Relieve Suffering.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 237 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195115996 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford ethics series".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "179 21".
- catalog subject "BJ1409 .M28 1999".
- catalog subject "Responsibility.".
- catalog subject "Suffering Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. The Meaning of Suffering -- 3. The Measurement of Suffering -- 4. The Moral Significance of Suffering -- 5. The Duty To Relieve Suffering -- 6. The Moral Asymmetry of Happiness and Suffering.".
- catalog tableOfContents "7. Trade-offs Internal to the Duty To Relieve Suffering -- 8. The Limits of the Duty To Relieve Suffering.".
- catalog title "Suffering and moral responsibility / Jamie Mayerfeld.".
- catalog type "text".