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Author : Elinor Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742509702
Exploring the relationship between consequentialist theory and moral rules, this book focuses mainly on rule consequentialism or on the distinction between act and rule versions of consequentialism.
Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 2000
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 9781474469319
Author : Alex Tuckness
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1009059629
'What would happen if everyone acted that way?' This question is often used in everyday moral assessments, but it has a paradoxical quality: it draws not only on Kantian ideas of a universal moral law but also on consequentialist claims that what is right depends on the outcome. In this book, Alex Tuckness examines how the question came to be seen as paradoxical, tracing its history from the theistic approaches of the seventeenth century to the secular accounts of the present. Tuckness shows that the earlier interpretations were hybrid theories that included both consequentialist and non-consequentialist elements, and argues that contemporary uses of this approach will likewise need to combine consequentialist and non-consequentialist commitments.
Author : Bernard Gert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198038720
Distinguished philosopher Bernard Gert presents a clear and concise introduction to what he calls "common morality"--the moral system that most thoughtful people implicitly use when making everyday, common sense moral decisions and judgments. Common Morality is useful in that--while not resolving every disagreement on controversial issues--it is able to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable answers to moral problems.
Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191520268
What are appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? In Ideal Code, Real World, Brad Hooker begins by answering this question, and then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory. According to rule-consequentialism, acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules, and rules are impartially justified if and only if the expected overall value of their general internalization is at least as great as for any alternative rules. In the course of developing his rule-consequentialism, Hooker discusses impartiality, well-being, fairness, equality, the question of how the 'general internalization' of rules is to be interpreted by rule-consequentialism, and the main objections to rule-consequentialism. He also discusses the social contract theory of morality, act-consequentialism, and the question of which moral prohibitions and which duties to help others rule-consequentialism endorses. The last part of the book considers the implications of rule-consequentialism for some current controversies in practical ethics.
Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 21,25 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198250692
Begins by explaining and arguing for certain criteria for assessing normative moral theories. Then argues that these criteria lead to a rule-consequentialist moral theory.
Author : Baruch A. Brody
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
"Bibliographical essay": pages 179-181. Morality based upon categorical imperatives. On a supposed right to tell lies from benevolent motives, by I. Kant.--Utilitarian morality, by H. Sidgwick.--What makes right acts right? by Sir D. Ross.--Utilitarianism, universalisation, and our duty to be just, by J. Harrison.--Extreme and restricted utilitarianism, by J.J.C. Smart.--What if everyone did that? by C. Strang.--Toward a credible form of utilitarianism, by R.B. Brandt.
Author : Andelka M. Phillips
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,90 MB
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198796552
With advances in personalised medicine, the field of medical law is being challenged and transformed. The nature of the doctor-patient relationship is shifting as patients simultaneously become consumers. The regulation of emerging technologies is being thrown into question, and we face new challenges in the context of global pandemics. This volume identifies significant questions and issues underlying the philosophy of medical law. It brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and medical specialists to discuss these questions in two parts. The first part deals with key foundational theories, and the second addresses a variety of topical issues, including euthanasia, abortion, and medical privacy. The wide range of perspectives and topics on offer provide a vital introduction to the philosophical underpinnings of medical law.
Author : R. G. Frey
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 1973
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Peter Unger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 1996-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199880433
By contributing a few hundred dollars to a charity like UNICEF, a prosperous person can ensure that fewer poor children die, and that more will live reasonably long, worthwhile lives. Even when knowing this, however, most people send nothing, and almost all of the rest send little. What is the moral status of this behavior? To such common cases of letting die, our untutored response is that, while it is not very good, neither is the conduct wrong. What is the source of this lenient assessment? In this contentious new book, one of our leading philosophers argues that our intuitions about ethical cases are generated not by basic moral values, but by certain distracting psychological dispositions that all too often prevent us from reacting in accord with our commitments. Through a detailed look at how these tendencies operate, Unger shows that, on the good morality that we already accept, the fatally unhelpful behavior is monstrously wrong. By uncovering the eminently sensible ethics that we've already embraced fully, and by confronting us with empirical facts and with easily followed instructions for lessening serious suffering appropriately and effectively, Unger's book points the way to a compassionate new moral philosophy.