Merit (Ethics)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083844
- info:lc/authorities/sh85083844
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85083844#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Desert (Ethics)
- Moral desert (Ethics)
Broader Terms
- Ethics
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12346458n
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4035244-4
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4187625-8
Sources
- found: The geometry of desert, c2005: p. 1 (moral desert)
- found: Encyclopedia of ethics, 2002 (under Merit and desert: The root idea of desert is that how a person ought to fare, or ought to be treated, depends on certain facts about him)
LC Classification
- BJ1500.M47
Change Notes
- 2006-03-10: new
- 2006-04-25: revised

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