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Consequentialism

edited by Philip Pettit

(The international research library of philosophy, 6 . The Philosophy of value)

Dartmouth, c1993

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Collected essays from English-language journals

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work deals with all aspects of consequentialism, encompassing utilitarianism, alienation and the demands of morality, restrictive consequentialism, alternative actions, an objectivist's guide to subjective value, recent work on the limits of obligation and more.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Why consequentialism: a case for consequentialism, Joel J. Kupperman. Part 2 A theory of the right or the good: utilitarianism and welfare, Amartya Sen
  • the human good and the ambitions of consequentialism, James Griffin. Part 3 A theory of evaluation or delibertion?: act utilitarianism - an account of right-making characteristics or decision-making procedure?, Eugene Bales
  • motive utilitarianism, R.M. Adams
  • alienation, consequentialism and the demands of morality, Peter Railton
  • restrictive consequentialism, Philip Pettit and Geoffrey Brennan. Part 4 A theory of option-evaluation or just rule-evaluation?: two concepts of rules, John Rawls
  • extreme and restricted utilitarianism, J.J.C. Smart
  • rule-utilitarianism - merely an illusory alternative?, Allan F. Gibbard
  • two concepts of rules - a note, H.J.McCloskey. Part 5 A collectively satisfactory theory?: is act-utilitarianism self-defeating?, Peter Singer
  • utilitarianism and truthfulness, David Lewis
  • prudence, morality, and the prisoner's dilemma, Derek Parfit. Part 6 Which options are relevant?: utilitarianism and alternative actions, Lars Bergstrom
  • oughts, options, and actualism, Frank Jackson and Robert Pargetter. Part 7 Which consequences are relevant?: actual consequence utilitarianism, M.G.Singer
  • decision-theoretic consequentialism and the nearest and dearest objection, Frank Jackson
  • an objectivist's guide to subjective value, Peter Menzies and Graham Oddie. Part 8 An optimising or satisficing theory?: satisficing consequentialism, Michael Slote
  • satisficing consequentialism, Philip Pettit. Part 9 Beyond common sense? does consequentialism demand too much? - recent work on the limits of obligation, Shelly Kagan
  • utilitarianism and the virtues, Philippa Foot
  • the schizophrenia of modern ethical theory, Michael Stocker
  • utility and rights, David Lyons
  • rights, indirect utilitarianism, and contractarianism, Alan Hamlin.

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  • NCID
    BA20278692
  • ISBN
    • 1855213044
  • LCCN
    92036095
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot ; Brookfield
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 490 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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