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Moral Dilemmas, Compromise and Compensation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

J. P. Day
J. P. Day
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University of Keele
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Moral dilemmas, or moral conflicts, present a leading problem in Ethics. Ross calls them the problem of conflicting prima facie moral obligations. Lemmon calls them ‘moral dilemmas’, and Sinnott-Armstrong in his recent book discusses them thoroughly and provides extensive references to relevant literature.

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Philosophy , Volume 66 , Issue 257 , July 1991 , pp. 369 - 375
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1991

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