Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a focused, concrete case for the centrality of paradoxes within morality.

• Explores what these paradoxes can teach us about morality and the human condition
• Considers a broad range of subjects, from familiar topics to rarely posed questions, among them "Fortunate Misfortune", "Beneficial Retirement" and "Preferring Not To Have Been Born"
• Asks whether the existence of moral paradox is a good or a bad thing
• Presents analytic moral philosophy in a provocative, engaging and entertaining way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes themselves

• 10 Moral Paradoxes 6
  • Contents 10
  • List of Figures 11
  • Acknowledgments 12
  • Introduction 16
  • 1 Fortunate Misfortune 26
  • 2 The Paradox of Beneficial Retirement 38
  • 3 Two Paradoxes about Justice and the Severity of Punishment 48
  • 4 Blackmail: The Solution 57
  • 5 The Paradox of Non – Punishment 65
  • 6 On Not Being Sorry about the Morally Bad 74
  • 7 Choice – Egalitarianism and the Paradox of the Baseline 82
  • 8 Morality and Moral Worth 92
  • 9 The Paradox of Moral Complaint 105
  • 10 Preferring Not to Have Been Born 115