Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
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PART I. LEVELS; 1. Introduction; 2. Moral Conflicts; 3. The Archangel and the Prole; 4. Descriptivism and the Error Theory; PART II. METHOD; 5. Another's Sorrow; 6. Universalization; 7. Interpersonal Comparison; 8. Loyalty and Evil Desires; 9. Rights and Justice; PART III. POINT; 10. Fanaticism and Amoralism; 11. Prudence, Morality and Supererogation; 12. Objectivity and Rationality; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X.
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By distinguishing between 2 different levels of moral thinking, we see how utilitarian reasoning at the critical level - enlisting impartial sympathy for others' predicaments, which we must have if we fully understand them and universalize our preferences as morality requires - generates moral principles for use at the intuitive level.