Dimensions of Consequentialism - Ethics, Equality and Risk

Informationen zum Autor Martin Peterson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. He is author of Non-Bayesian Decision Theory (2008) and An Introduction to Decision Theory (Cambridge, 2009). Klappentext This book introduces a new, multidimensional consequentialist theory, according to which an act's rightness depends on several irreducible dimensions. Zusammenfassung Consequentialism is a major theory of ethics. This book introduces a new type of consequentialist theory! according to which an act's moral rightness depends on a number of separate dimensions! such as individual wellbeing! equality and risk. This multidimensional perspective helps articulate views about ethics in a precise! theoretical framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Degrees of rightness; 3. First dimension: persons; 4. Second dimension: equality; 5. Third dimension: risk; 6. Multidimensional decision making; 7. The best one-dimensional theory; 8. The limits of consequentialism; Appendix: multidimensional deontic logic.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Peterson, Peterson Martin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107033030
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03303-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy, Decision theory: general