Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Illusory Appeal of Double Effect -- 2. The Significance of Intent -- 3. Means and Ends -- 4. Blame -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Scanlon reframes current philosophical debates as he explores the moral permissibility of an action. Blame, he argues, is a response to the meaning of an action rather than its permissibility. This analysis leads to a novel account of the conditions of moral responsibility and to important conclusions about the ethics of blame.