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Author | : Douglas W. Portmore |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 689 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190905328 |
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"This handbook contains thirty-two previously unpublished contributions to consequentialist ethics by leading scholars, covering what's happening in the field today as well as pointing to new directions for future research. Consequentialism is a rival to such moral theories as deontology, contractualism, and virtue ethics. But it's more than just one rival among many, for every plausible moral theory must concede that the goodness of an act's consequences is something that matters even if it's not the only thing that matters. Thus, all plausible moral theories will accept both that the fact that an act would produce good consequences constitutes a moral reason to perform it and that the better that act's consequences the moral reason there is to perform it. Now, if this is correct, then much of the research concerning consequentialist ethics is important for ethics in general. For instance, one thing that consequentialist researchers have investigated is what sorts of consequences matter: the consequences that some act would have or the consequences that it could have-if, say, the agent were to follow up by performing some subsequent act. And it's reasonable to suppose that the answer to such questions will be relevant for normative ethics regardless of whether the goodness of consequences is the only thing matters (as consequentialists presume) or just one of many things that matter (as non-consequentialists presume)"--
Author | : Professor of Philosophy David Copp |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2006-01-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0195147790 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Handbook is a comprehensive reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned articles by leading scholars. The first part treats meta-ethics and the second part normative ethical theory. As with all the Oxford Handbooks, the collection is designed to achieve three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and defenses of distinct points of view.
Author | : H. Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2018-04-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019108526X |
Download Epistemic Consequentialism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An important issue in epistemology concerns the source of epistemic normativity. Epistemic consequentialism maintains that epistemic norms are genuine norms in virtue of the way in which they are conducive to epistemic value, whatever epistemic value may be. So, for example, the epistemic consequentialist might say that it is a norm that beliefs should be consistent, in that holding consistent beliefs is the best way to achieve the epistemic value of accuracy. Thus epistemic consequentialism is structurally similar to the family of consequentialist views in ethics. Recently, philosophers from both formal epistemology and traditional epistemology have shown interest in such a view. In formal epistemology, there has been particular interest in thinking of epistemology as a kind of decision theory where instead of maximizing expected utility one maximizes expected epistemic utility. In traditional epistemology, there has been particular interest in various forms of reliabilism about justification and whether such views are analogous to—and so face similar problems to—versions of consequentialism in ethics. This volume presents some of the most recent work on these topics as well as others related to epistemic consequentialism, by authors that are sympathetic to the view and those who are critical of it.
Author | : Samuel Scheffler |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 1994-08-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191040169 |
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In contemporary philosophy, substantive moral theories are typically classified as either consequentialist or deontological. Standard consequentialist theories insist, roughly, that agents must always act so as to produce the best available outcomes overall. Standard deontological theories, by contrast, maintain that there are some circumstances where one is permitted but not required to produce the best overall results, and still other circumstances in which one is positively forbidden to do so. Classical utilitarianism is the most familiar consequentialist view, but it is widely regarded as an inadequate account of morality. Although Professor Scheffler agrees with this assessment, he also believes that consequentialism seems initially plausible, and that there is a persistent air of paradox surrounding typical deontological views. In this book, therefore, he undertakes to reconsider the rejection of consequentialism. He argues that it is possible to provide a rationale for the view that agents need not always produce the best possible overall outcomes, and this motivates one departure from consequentialism; but he shows that it is surprisingly difficult to provide a satisfactory rationale for the view that there are times when agents must not produce the best possible overall outcomes. He goes on to argue for a hitherto neglected type of moral conception, according to which agents are always permitted, but not always required, to produce the best outcomes.
Author | : Ben Bradley |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2015-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190271450 |
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Death has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of death-related topics across the entire range of the discipline. These include metaphysical topics--such as the nature of death, the possibility of an afterlife, the nature of persons, and how our thinking about time affects what we think about death--as well as axiological topics, such as whether death is bad for its victim, what makes it bad to die, what attitude it is fitting to take towards death, the possibility of posthumous harm, and the desirability of immortality. The contributors also explore the views of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Epicurus on topics related to the philosophy of death, and questions in normative ethics, such as what makes killing wrong when it is wrong, and whether it is wrong to kill fetuses, non-human animals, combatants in war, and convicted murderers. With chapters written by a wide range of experts in metaphysics, ethics, and conceptual analysis, and designed to give the reader a comprehensive view of recent developments in the philosophical study of death, this Handbook will appeal to a broad audience in philosophy, particularly in ethics and metaphysics.
Author | : Douglas W. Portmore |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2011-11-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199794537 |
Download Commonsense Consequentialism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a book about morality, rationality, and the interconnections between the two. In it, Portmore defends a version of consequentialism that both comports with our commonsense moral intuitions and shares with consequentialist theories the same compelling teleological conception of practical reasons.
Author | : Serena Olsaretti |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 753 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199645124 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy: how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute benefits and burdens fairly? Thirty-eight leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the key issues in this flourishing area of research.
Author | : Iwao Hirose |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2015-05-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190273356 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad. Questions about value and about what is valuable are important to moral philosophers, since most moral theories hold that we ought to promote the good (even if this is not the only thing we ought to do). This Handbook focuses on value theory as it pertains to ethics, broadly construed, and provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates pertaining not only to philosophy but also to other disciplines-most notably, political theory and economics. The Handbook's twenty-two newly commissioned chapters are divided into three parts. Part I: Foundations concerns fundamental and interrelated issues about the nature of value and distinctions between kinds of value. Part II: Structure concerns formal properties of value that bear on the possibilities of measuring and comparing value. Part III: Extensions, finally, considers specific topics, ranging from health to freedom, where questions of value figure prominently.
Author | : Brad Hooker |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780199256570 |
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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 | : David Copp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 665 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Ethics |
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Download The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This handbook is a comprehensive reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned articles by leading scholars. The first part treats metaethics and the second part normative ethical theory