How Long to Read When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible

How Long Does it Take to Read When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible by Lisa Tessman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Suppose that in an emergency evacuation of a hospital after a flood, not all of the patients can make it out alive. You are the doctor faced with the choice between abandoning these patients to die alone and in pain, or injecting them with a lethal dose of drugs, without consent, so that they die peacefully. Perhaps no one will be able to blame you whatever you decide, but, whichever action you choose, you will remain burdened by guilt. What happens, in cases like this, when, no matter what you do, you are destined for moral failure? What happens when there is no available means of doing the right thing? Human life is filled with such impossible moral decisions. These choices and case studies that demonstrate them form the focus of Lisa Tessman's arresting and provocative work. Many philosophers believe that there are simply no situations in which what you morally ought to do is something that you can't do, because they think that you can't be required to do something unless it's actually in your power to do it. Despite this, real life presents us daily with situations in which we feel that we have failed morally even when no right action would have been possible. Lisa Tessman boldly argues that sometimes we feel this way because we have encountered an 'impossible moral requirement.' Drawing on philosophy, empirical psychology, and evolutionary theory, When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible explores how and why human beings have constructed moral requirements to be binding even when they are impossible to fulfill.

How long is When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible?

When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible by Lisa Tessman is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible aloud.

What Reading Level is When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible?

When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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