Moral Legislation - A Legal-Political Model for Indirect Consequentialist Reasoning

Klappentext This is a book about moral reasoning: how we actually reason and how we ought to reason. Zusammenfassung This is a book about moral reasoning: how we actually reason and how we ought to reason. It defends a form of 'rule' utilitarianism whereby we must sometimes judge and act in moral questions in accordance with generally accepted rules. The author opposes the currently more fashionable view that it is always right for the individual to do that which produces the most good. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The primary principle: Doing good; 3. The advantages of collective strategies; 4. Relations between collective and individual rationality; 5. Publicity, autonomy, and objective act consequentialism; 6. The existence of rules and practices; 7. Practical reasoning; 8. Moral analogues of interpretation and legislation; 9. Other utilitarian conceptions: Some comparisons; 10. Concluding observations: Summary and a look ahead.

Product details

• Authors: Conrad D. Johnson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521102421
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10242-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works