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ERIC Number: EJ445144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Looking Back: A Reply to Jack Fraenkel.
Gregg, Dennis R.
Social Education, v55 n7 p425-26 Nov-Dec 1991
Argues that concern purely with consequences is an inadequate basis for an ethical theory. Suggests that claims based on rights or standards other than the promotion of the greatest happiness be used to guide decisions. Insists that conflict among rights in no way denies their existence or their essence in determinations of distributive justice. (DK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Rights, Ethics, Justice, Moral Values, Philosophy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Distributive Justice; Jurisprudence; Natural Rights; Utilitarianism