Goodness and Justice - A Consequentialist Moral Theory

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Mendola is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska! Lincoln. He is the author of Human Thought! and of articles on ethics! metaphysics! and philosophy of mind. Klappentext In Goodness and Justice! Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism while evading utilitarianisms familiar difficulties by two modifications. His theory incorporates a new form of consequentialism. When! as is common! someone is engaged in conflicting group acts! it requires that one perform the role in that group that is most beneficent. The theory holds that overall value is distribution-sensitive! ceding maximum weight to the well-being of the worst-off sections of sentient lives. Zusammenfassung In Goodness and Justice! Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism! while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. A Better Consequentialism: 2. Multiple-act consequentialism; 3. Three objections; Part II. Hedonism: 4. Intuitive hedonism; 5. Natural good; Part III. MAXIMIN: 6. Just Construction; 7. Maximin, risks, and flecks; Part IV. Advice for Atomic Agents: 8. A coda.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joseph Mendola, Joseph (University of Nebraska Mendola, Mendola Joseph
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521859530
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85953-0
• Seiten: 338
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy