Acts, Intentions, and Moral Evaluation

This book argues that the moral quality of an act comes from the agent's inner states. By arguing for the indispensable relevance of intention in the moral evaluation of acts, the book moves against a mainstream, 'objective' approach in normative ethics.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Objectivity and the Objective Approach
3. A Case for Joining Deed and Doer
4. Alfred the Would-be Wife-Poisoner
5. The Fat Man Falling from the Sky
6. Russian Roulette Morality and Future Facts
7. Billiard Balls, People, and Causation
8. A Dialogue with a FOSOD Defender
9. How to Marry Deed and Doer

About the author

Craig M. White has been a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He is the author of Iraq: The Moral Reckoning (2010). A former US diplomat, he served for 20 years in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Summary

This book argues that the moral quality of an act comes from the agent’s inner states. By arguing for the indispensable relevance of intention in the moral evaluation of acts, the book moves against a mainstream, ‘objective’ approach in normative ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Craig M. White, Craig M. (University of Colorado Boulder White
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032298252
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229825-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Armed Conflict, Medieval Western philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law