
Philip Pettit on Consequentialism
Philosophy Bites
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The Importance of Respecting Others
Respect is the good that consists in people feeling respected, says David Frum. To be respected is precisely to have walls against that sort of treatment he argues. He thinks there ought to be an absolute ban on torture but then someone comes along and says it could save thousands by revealing information which would stop a truly terrible bomb going off or something like that.
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