Consequentialism

Name: Consequentialism
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ISBN: 9780631231080

ISBN-10: 0631231080

ISBN-13: 9780631231080

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stephen Darwell

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Consequentialism is a major approach to normative ethical theory, which considers the production of good and prevention of bad consequences the touchstone of the moral evaluation. Consequentialism brings together for the first time both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this important position. Among classic sources, it includes empiricists such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, and rationalists like Henry Sidgwick and G. E. Moore. Contemporary consequentialist selections are included from Philip Pettit, Derek Parfit, Samuel Scheffler, Peter Railton, Richard B. Brandt, John C. Harsanyi, and Robert Adams. There are also two trenchant discussions…

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List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 309
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Classical Sources



From An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation




From Utilitarianism




From Dr Whewell on Moral Philosophy




From The Methods of Ethics




From Principia Ethica




Contemporary Expressions



Consequentialism




From The Rejection of Consequentialism




From Reasons and Persons




Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality




Bayesian Decision Theory and Utilitarian Ethics




Toward a Credible Form of Utilitarianism




Motive Utilitarianism




Contemporary Discussion



Classical Utilitarianism




Utilitarianism and Welfarism



Index