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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Martin Peterson, Peterson Martin
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107540606
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54060-6
• Pages: 228
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie privée; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy, Decision theory: general